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pick-up

noun

Also calledpick-up armtone arm the light balanced arm of a record player that carries the wires from the cartridge to the preamplifier
an electromagnetic transducer that converts the vibrations of the steel strings of an electric guitar or other amplified instrument into electric signals
See cartridge
another name for cartridge
Also calledpick-up truck a small truck with an open body and low sides, used for light deliveries
informal.
an ability to accelerate rapidly
this car has good pick-up
informal.
a casual acquaintance, usually one made with sexual intentions
informal.
1. a stop to collect passengers, goods, etc
2. the people or things collected
slang.
a free ride in a motor vehicle
informal.
an improvement
slang.
a pick-me-up

organized, arranged, or assembled hastily and without planning
pick-up games
a pick-up band

tr to gather up in the hand or hands
tr to acquire, obtain, or purchase casually, incidentally, etc
tr to catch (a disease)
she picked up a bad cold during the weekend
intr to improve in health, condition, activity, etc
the market began to pick up
reflexive to raise (oneself) after a fall or setback
tr to notice or sense
she picked up a change in his attitude
to resume where one left off; return to
they picked up the discussion
we'll pick up after lunch
tr to learn gradually or as one goes along
tr to take responsibility for paying (a bill)
he picked up the bill for dinner
informal.
tr to reprimand
he picked her up on her table manners
tr to collect or give a lift to (passengers, hitchhikers, goods, etc)
informal.
tr to become acquainted with, esp with a view to having sexual relations
informal.
tr to arrest
to increase (speed)
the cars picked up down the straight
tr to receive (electrical signals, a radio signal, sounds, etc), as for transmission or amplification
pick up the pieces
pick up the pieces to restore a situation to normality after a crisis or collapse

What image are you hoping people who pick up this book and read it, come away with?

Couple guided Stella as she crawled and dipped her chest to pick up each magnet.

If your ears are tired of slick auto-tuned vocals, pick up this disk for an aural detox.

Why call a taxi when you can hail a Lyft to pick up visiting family and friends?

Although Korra looks at PTSD and assault with supernatural grandiosity, fans were quick to pick up on it in some forums.

We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four.

The majority pick up a job when they can, but are inevitably idle and suffering two-thirds of the time.

But if they all pick up the broadcast that this is where to get a free ride home, I'll have just another sand trap here.

Isabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother's nerveless fingers.

Black Hood had spent thirty minutes of search at break-neck speed in an attempt to pick up the trail of the gray sedan again.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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