pickup

(noun) a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard. Synonyms: pickup truck.

(noun) a warrant to take someone into custody. Example: "Put out a pickup on that man."

(noun) anything with restorative powers. Synonyms: pick-me-up. Example: "She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her."

(noun) a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.

(noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. Synonyms: getaway. Example: "His car has a lot of pickup."

(noun) mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge. Synonyms: tone arm, pickup arm.

(noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable. Synonyms: cartridge.

(noun) the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places. Example: "Garbage pickup is on mondays and thursdays."

(noun) the act of taking aboard passengers or freight.