Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pickup"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pick-up \Pick"-up\, or Pickup \Pick"up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant. or
Slang]
1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or
hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = {Brush} b.
3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the
occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pickup
n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a
tailboard [syn: {pickup truck}]
2: (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out
a pickup on that man"
3: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup
that coffee always gave her" [syn: {pick-me-up}]
4: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual
relationships
5: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his
car has a lot of pickup" [syn: {getaway}]
6: mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that
carries the cartridge [syn: {tone arm}, {pickup arm}]
7: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm
of a record player that holds the needle and that is
removable [syn: {cartridge}]
8: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various
places: "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
9: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
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