pickup
[noun]
Synonyms: arrest, apprehension, arrestation, arrestment, bust, detention, nab, pinch

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Related Words: booking

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I. pickup noun

1. (also pickup truck)
   [countable] a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmersTopics
2. [countable] a person somebody meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship
   • ● casual pickups
3. [countable] pickup (in something) an improvement
   • ● a pickup in the housing market
4. [uncountable, countable] an occasion when somebody/something is collected
   • ● Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.
5. [countable] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals
6. [uncountable] (North American English) a vehicle’s ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)

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II. pickup adjective

1. (of a sports game) often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in
   • ● A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.

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pickup
n., (stress on "pick")
1. A rugged, small truck.
When he got into the lumber business, Max traded in his comfortable two-door sedan for a pickup.
2. Scheduled meeting in order to transfer merchandise or stolen goods.
The pickup goes down at 7 A.M. every day by the loading dock.
The dope pushers usually make their pickup on Rush Street.
3. A person who is easy to persuade to go home with the suitor.
Sue is said to be an easy pickup.

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