pickup — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

angrier, comfortable, great, kind, last, new, old, parked

My dad drove his new pickup truck to the hardware store on Saturday morning.

VERB + PICKUP

back, bought, drives, driving, got, make, making, rear-ended

I got a pickup truck last year so I could haul my garden supplies.

PICKUP + NOUN

artist, he's, man, sunday, technique, tom, truck, trucks

Tom perfected his pickup technique over years of practice and dedication.

PREP.

in, in, on, than, with

I need to pick up my dry cleaning on the way home from work.

ADV.

probably

I'll probably pickup some groceries on my way home from work today.

Definitions

noun

1

An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.

2

An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.

3

An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.

This microphone has very weak pickup.

4

Ellipsis of pickup truck.

Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.

I kept my window rolled up, eyes on the road, probably making the pickup man angrier with my silence.

5

Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.

Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.

At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.

verb

1

Misspelling of pick up.

name

1

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm o

cartridge

noun — anything with restorative powers

pick-me-up

noun — the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

getaway

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

This microphone has very weak pickup.

Wiktionary

02

Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.

Wiktionary

03

I kept my window rolled up, eyes on the road, probably making the pickup man angrier with my silence.

Wiktionary

04

I remember riding home on a pickup truck last Sunday.

Tatoeba · #58069

05

I remembered riding home in a pickup truck last Sunday.

Tatoeba · #272740

06

He had an old pickup truck and a big, battered mower.

Tatoeba · #299550

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, pickup is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.