Usually means: Vehicle for transporting goods, people.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word pickup:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. pickup: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pickup, pickup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pickup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pickup: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pickup, pickup: Wordnik
  6. pickup: Wiktionary
  7. pickup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. pickup: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. pickup: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. pickup: Dictionary.com
  11. pickup: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. pickup: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Pickup (film), Pickup (guitar), Pickup (music), Pickup (music technology), Pickup, The Pickup: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. pickup: Rhymezone
  15. pickup: Free Dictionary
  16. pickup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Pickup, pickup: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  18. pickup: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. pickup: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Pickup, Pickup: bizterms.net
  5. Pickup: Investopedia
  6. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  7. pickup: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pickup (music), pickup: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pickup: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
noun:  In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
noun:  Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
noun:  (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
noun:  An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
noun:  A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
noun:  (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
noun:  (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
noun:  (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
noun:  The act of answering a telephone.
noun:  (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
noun:  The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
noun:  (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
noun:  (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
noun:  (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck. [(chiefly Canada, US, Singapore) A light truck with an open cargo bed.]
verb:  Misspelling of pick up. [(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.]

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