"pickup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pickups [plural]
Etymology: From pick + up. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pick|up}} pick + up Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)
  1. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
    In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: phono cartridge
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-0A5wOBdX
  2. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
    Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-gWYv3emh
  3. (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck. Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: pickup truck
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-tnUh8jjF Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  4. (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players. Tags: attributive, countable, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-yVCdrrui
  5. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (flirtation, courting): padxod (Azerbaijani), drague [feminine] (French), ナンパ (nanpa) (Japanese), 헌팅 (heonting) (Korean), podryw [masculine] (Polish), съём (sʺjom) [masculine] (Russian), сня́тие (snjátije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-61hKGxhe Disambiguation of 'flirtation, courting': 4 3 4 5 33 4 4 6 3 3 2 6 6 8 8
  6. A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-rsQWt9oC
  7. (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-ymchr8UT Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  8. (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games Translations (item collected in a video game): lisäys (Finnish), esine (Finnish), znajdźka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-LWzx6hAp Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'item collected in a video game': 5 3 6 10 6 6 9 25 4 1 6 8 3 4 6
  9. (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-tui1qpvY Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: government, politics
  10. The act of answering a telephone. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of answering a telephone): вдигане (vdigane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vastaaminen (Finnish), odebranie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-ymAq2Tpd Disambiguation of 'act of answering a telephone': 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 80 0 5 1 1 2
  11. (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Film Translations (material filmed after the fact to augment main footage): dokrętka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-~~sQdwnw Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'material filmed after the fact to augment main footage': 2 2 3 8 4 2 9 3 2 1 55 2 4 2 4
  12. The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle): nouto (Finnish), noutaminen (Finnish), odbiór [masculine] (Polish), retirada [feminine] (Portuguese), забо́р (zabór) [masculine] (Russian), взя́тие (vzjátije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-riUBLBl4 Disambiguation of 'act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle': 3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5
  13. (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-~FF4~jXo
  14. (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-qiYnkel6
  15. (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-nFCWI3Kh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pick-up, pick up Derived forms: 52-card pickup, 52 pickup, bind on pickup, humbucking pickup, negative pickup, pickup cover, pickup line, TV pickup Translations (electronic device): 拾音器 (shíyīnqì) (Chinese Mandarin), äänirasia (english: record player) (Finnish), mikrofoni [guitar, music, entertainment, lifestyle] (Finnish), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp) (Khmer), hopuoro (Maori), przetwornik [masculine] (Polish), przystawka [feminine] (Polish), звукоснима́тель (zvukosnimátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ада́птер (adáptɛr) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'electronic device': 46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Verb

Etymology: From pick + up. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pick|up}} pick + up Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} pickup
  1. Misspelling of pick up. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: pick up
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-verb-YciTzk33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pick-up, pick up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "52-card pickup"
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      "word": "bind on pickup"
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      "word": "humbucking pickup"
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      "word": "negative pickup"
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      "text": "→ Indonesian: pikap"
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      "text": "→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)"
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          "expansion": "→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)",
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)"
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      "text": "→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)"
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        "In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal."
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          "ref": "2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 35",
          "text": "Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.",
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          "text": "Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100",
          "text": "Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.",
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          "text": "Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.",
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          "_dis1": "4 3 4 5 33 4 4 6 3 3 2 6 6 8 8",
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          "word": "padxod"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ナンパ"
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          "word": "헌팅"
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          "word": "podryw"
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          "word": "съём"
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        {
          "ref": "1984, Steven Carter, What every man should know about the \"new woman\": a survival guide",
          "text": "But what about the women who still go to bars — are they completely unaffected by these negative connotations? Hardly. No woman wants to think of herself as being an easy pick-up […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk, page 192",
          "text": "Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]",
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          "ref": "June 28, 2011, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.",
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          "ref": "1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69",
          "text": "Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide, page 73",
          "text": "Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress. When the pathway ends, you'll see two blocked-off tunnels and a switch between them.",
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          "sense": "item collected in a video game",
          "word": "lisäys"
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          "word": "esine"
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          "sense": "item collected in a video game",
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          "word": "znajdźka"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: gain"
        },
        {
          "text": "The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-tui1qpvY",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Georgina Spelvin, The Devil Made Me Do It, Little Red Hen Books, published 2008, page 224",
          "text": "That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of answering a telephone."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-ymAq2Tpd",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 80 0 5 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vdigane",
          "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вдигане"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 80 0 5 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
          "word": "vastaaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 80 0 5 1 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "odebranie"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Film",
          "orig": "en:Film",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Mass media",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-~~sQdwnw",
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "shot",
          "shot"
        ],
        [
          "augment",
          "augment"
        ],
        [
          "footage",
          "footage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 8 4 2 9 3 2 1 55 2 4 2 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "material filmed after the fact to augment main footage",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dokrętka"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020-03-18, Cindy Gonzalez, “Blackstone District starts emergency fund to aid the neighborhood's bar, restaurant servers”, in Omaha World-Herald",
          "text": "Owner Philip Schaffart said a precoronavirus Tuesday typically brought in $2,500 in revenue. This past Tuesday, he said, that amount dwindled to $300 as his place was open only for pickup and delivery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-riUBLBl4",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "word": "nouto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "word": "noutaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "odbiór"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "retirada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zabór",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "забо́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 5 5 1 54 3 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzjátije",
          "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "взя́тие"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1 February 2021, Living in Brisbane, Brisbane, page 1",
          "text": "These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-~FF4~jXo",
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "passenger",
          "passenger"
        ],
        [
          "picked up",
          "pick up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946, Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune, volume 34, page 186",
          "text": "The Willys-Overland won't be the fastest car on the road or have the best pickup, but it will have a top speed of eighty miles per hour, and its makers are confident that no car in its class will excel it in economy of fuel and upkeep.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Popular Mechanics, volume 104, number 3, page 70",
          "text": "The more highly vaporized the mixture your carburetor delivers, the more power you get, which means higher speed, better pickup, smoother idling, more miles per gallon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-qiYnkel6",
      "links": [
        [
          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, Chuck Jordan, Jordan Family Descendents, page 302",
          "text": "Newsweek gave it a big write-up, as did many trade journals, including, Editor and Publisher. And our articles get pickup as far west as the Tombstone Epitaph in Arizona.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Magda Konieczna, Journalism Without Profit: Making News when the Market Fails, page 189",
          "text": "Back then CPI staff demonstrated a reflexivity common to public relations, reflected for instance in Lewis's acknowledgment of the fact that the novelty factor might lead to more pickup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-nFCWI3Kh",
      "links": [
        [
          "adoption",
          "adoption"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pick-up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pick up"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyīnqì",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "拾音器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "record player",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "äänirasia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "topics": [
        "guitar",
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "mikrofoni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "piikəɨp",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "ពីកឺប"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "hopuoro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przetwornik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przystawka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvukosnimátelʹ",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "звукоснима́тель"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 46 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "adáptɛr",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ада́птер"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pickup"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pick",
        "3": "up"
      },
      "expansion": "pick + up",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pick + up.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "misspelling"
      },
      "expansion": "pickup",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pick up"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of pick up."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-verb-YciTzk33",
      "links": [
        [
          "pick up",
          "pick up#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pick-up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pick up"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pickup"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "52-card pickup"
    },
    {
      "word": "52 pickup"
    },
    {
      "word": "bind on pickup"
    },
    {
      "word": "humbucking pickup"
    },
    {
      "word": "negative pickup"
    },
    {
      "word": "pickup cover"
    },
    {
      "word": "pickup line"
    },
    {
      "word": "TV pickup"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Chinese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "皮卡",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "píkǎ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "pick-up",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: pick-up",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: pick-up"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pick-up",
            "3": "pickup",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: pick-up, pickup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: pick-up, pickup"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Pickup",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Pickup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Pickup"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "pikap",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: pikap",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: pikap"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ピックアップ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pikkuappu"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ភីកអាប់",
            "3": "ពីកឺប",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "pʰiik’ap",
            "tr2": "piikəɨp"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "픽업",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pickup",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "пика́п",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pickup",
            "3": "picop",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: pickup, picop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: pickup, picop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ปิคอัพ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "bpìk-àp"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "pikap",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: pikap",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: pikap"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "پىكاپ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: ⁧پىكاپ⁩ (pikap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: ⁧پىكاپ⁩ (pikap)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pick",
        "3": "up"
      },
      "expansion": "pick + up",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pick + up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pickups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.",
        "In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "record player",
          "record player"
        ],
        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "phono cartridge"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.",
        "Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pickup truck"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English ellipses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 35",
          "text": "Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of pickup truck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pickup truck",
          "pickup truck#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "ellipsis",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100",
          "text": "Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Impromptu",
          "impromptu"
        ],
        [
          "ad hoc",
          "ad hoc"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "countable",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Steven Carter, What every man should know about the \"new woman\": a survival guide",
          "text": "But what about the women who still go to bars — are they completely unaffected by these negative connotations? Hardly. No woman wants to think of herself as being an easy pick-up […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk, page 192",
          "text": "Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "June 28, 2011, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "field",
          "field"
        ],
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69",
          "text": "Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide, page 73",
          "text": "Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress. When the pathway ends, you'll see two blocked-off tunnels and a switch between them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "power-up",
          "power-up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: gain"
        },
        {
          "text": "The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Georgina Spelvin, The Devil Made Me Do It, Little Red Hen Books, published 2008, page 224",
          "text": "That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of answering a telephone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Film"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "shot",
          "shot"
        ],
        [
          "augment",
          "augment"
        ],
        [
          "footage",
          "footage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020-03-18, Cindy Gonzalez, “Blackstone District starts emergency fund to aid the neighborhood's bar, restaurant servers”, in Omaha World-Herald",
          "text": "Owner Philip Schaffart said a precoronavirus Tuesday typically brought in $2,500 in revenue. This past Tuesday, he said, that amount dwindled to $300 as his place was open only for pickup and delivery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1 February 2021, Living in Brisbane, Brisbane, page 1",
          "text": "These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "passenger",
          "passenger"
        ],
        [
          "picked up",
          "pick up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946, Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune, volume 34, page 186",
          "text": "The Willys-Overland won't be the fastest car on the road or have the best pickup, but it will have a top speed of eighty miles per hour, and its makers are confident that no car in its class will excel it in economy of fuel and upkeep.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, Popular Mechanics, volume 104, number 3, page 70",
          "text": "The more highly vaporized the mixture your carburetor delivers, the more power you get, which means higher speed, better pickup, smoother idling, more miles per gallon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "motor vehicle",
          "motor vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, Chuck Jordan, Jordan Family Descendents, page 302",
          "text": "Newsweek gave it a big write-up, as did many trade journals, including, Editor and Publisher. And our articles get pickup as far west as the Tombstone Epitaph in Arizona.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Magda Konieczna, Journalism Without Profit: Making News when the Market Fails, page 189",
          "text": "Back then CPI staff demonstrated a reflexivity common to public relations, reflected for instance in Lewis's acknowledgment of the fact that the novelty factor might lead to more pickup.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adoption",
          "adoption"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pick-up"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick up"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyīnqì",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "拾音器"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "record player",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "äänirasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "topics": [
        "guitar",
        "music",
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "mikrofoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "piikəɨp",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "ពីកឺប"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "word": "hopuoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przetwornik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przystawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvukosnimátelʹ",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "звукоснима́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "adáptɛr",
      "sense": "electronic device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ада́птер"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "word": "padxod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drague"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nanpa",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "word": "ナンパ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heonting",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "word": "헌팅"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podryw"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sʺjom",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съём"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snjátije",
      "sense": "flirtation, courting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сня́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "item collected in a video game",
      "word": "lisäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "item collected in a video game",
      "word": "esine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "item collected in a video game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "znajdźka"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vdigane",
      "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вдигане"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
      "word": "vastaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of answering a telephone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odebranie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "material filmed after the fact to augment main footage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dokrętka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "word": "nouto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "word": "noutaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odbiór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retirada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabór",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "забо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzjátije",
      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "взя́тие"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pickup"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pick",
        "3": "up"
      },
      "expansion": "pick + up",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pick + up.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "misspelling"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pick up"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of pick up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pick up",
          "pick up#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pick-up"
    },
    {
      "word": "pick up"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pickup"
}

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