"pickup" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pickup.wav 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 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9
  6. A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-rsQWt9oC Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 7 3 5 5 3 10 4 8 7 1 3 8 8 9 12 6
  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 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 1 5 1 4 3 10 3 1 2 10 11 13 16 5 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'item collected in a video game': 4 2 3 9 9 4 8 28 4 1 6 8 4 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 81 0 6 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 1 2 8 3 1 9 3 2 1 53 3 4 2 5
  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 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 1 5 1 4 3 10 3 1 2 10 11 13 16 5 Disambiguation of 'act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle': 7 2 1 4 1 3 3 8 4 3 1 34 8 10 11
  13. (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-~FF4~jXo Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 1 5 1 4 3 10 3 1 2 10 11 13 16 5
  14. (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-qiYnkel6 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 1 5 1 4 3 10 3 1 2 10 11 13 16 5
  15. (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-pickup-en-noun-nFCWI3Kh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 3 7 1 4 4 10 4 0 2 9 10 12 15 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 1 5 1 4 3 10 3 1 2 10 11 13 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 7 3 1 3 0 3 2 8 2 0 1 7 8 9 11 2 9 10 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 7 3 5 5 3 10 4 8 7 1 3 8 8 9 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 3 5 6 3 3 6 8 6 1 3 9 9 9 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 9 6 1 3 9 10 10 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 4 1 5 2 4 5 10 3 2 2 9 10 12 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 4 1 5 1 4 5 10 3 1 2 10 10 12 16 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 8 4 6 5 3 4 4 9 7 1 3 10 9 10 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 4 6 5 3 4 4 9 7 1 3 9 10 10 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 5 5 8 3 3 4 9 6 1 4 8 9 9 13 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 4 6 5 3 4 4 9 7 1 3 9 10 10 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 3 4 5 3 4 4 9 6 2 3 9 9 10 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 3 5 4 3 10 5 8 7 1 4 8 8 9 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 4 1 5 1 4 5 10 3 1 2 10 10 12 16 5
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 community, 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': 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pickup.wav
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

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "52-card pickup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "52 pickup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bind on pickup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "humbucking pickup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "negative pickup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pickup community"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pickup cover"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pickup line"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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)"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "pick + up",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pick + up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pickups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-0A5wOBdX",
      "links": [
        [
          "record player",
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        ],
        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
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          "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-gWYv3emh",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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    },
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        {
          "word": "pickup truck"
        }
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ellipsis of pickup truck."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck."
      ],
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        "US",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "ellipsis",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-yVCdrrui",
      "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": [],
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-61hKGxhe",
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "word": "padxod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drague"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nanpa",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "word": "ナンパ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "heonting",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "word": "헌팅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podryw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sʺjom",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "съём"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 5 36 3 4 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "snjátije",
          "sense": "flirtation, courting",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сня́тие"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 3 5 5 3 10 4 8 7 1 3 8 8 9 12 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-rsQWt9oC",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 June 28, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground."
      ],
      "id": "en-pickup-en-noun-ymchr8UT",
      "links": [
        [
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          "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": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
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        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 June 28, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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, →ISBN, page 224:",
          "text": "That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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 March 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "2021 February 1, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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^([sic]), page 302:",
          "text": "Newsweek gave it a big write-up, as did many trade journals, including, ^([sic]) Editor and Publisher. And our articles get pickup as far west as the Tombstone Epitaph in Arizona.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "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",
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      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
      "word": "nouto"
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      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
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      "sense": "act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "retirada"
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      ],
      "word": "забо́р"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "взя́тие"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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}

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