Pick Up — synonyms, definition

1. pick up (Verb)

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pick up (Verb) — Take and lift upward.

pick up (Verb) — Take up by hand. ex. "He picked up the book and started to read"

pick up (Verb) — Give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift. ex. "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

pick up (Verb) — Go to meet, esp. to then take somewhere in a vehicle. ex. "She picked up the children at the day care centre" ex. "They pick up our trash twice a week"

pick up (Verb) — Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. ex. "I picked up that she has two grown-up children"

pick up (Verb) — Get in addition, as an increase. ex. "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

pick up (Verb) — Take into custody. ex. "the police picked up the suspected criminals"

pick up (Verb) — Buy casually or spontaneously. ex. "I picked up some food for a snack"

pick up (Verb) — Register (perceptual input). ex. "pick up a signal"

pick up (Verb) — Lift out or reflect from a background. ex. "The scarf picks up the colour of the skirt" ex. "His eyes picked up his smile"

pick up (Verb) — Meet someone for sexual purposes. ex. "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

pick up (Verb) — Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. ex. "Music can pick up your spirits"

pick up (Verb) — Improve significantly; go from bad to good. ex. "Her performance in school picked up"

pick up (Verb) — Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily. ex. "The dog picked up the scent"

pick up (Verb) — Eat by pecking at, like a bird.

pick up (Verb) — Gain or regain energy. ex. "I picked up after a nap"

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2. pick up (Noun)

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pick up (Noun) — A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard.

pick up (Noun) — A warrant to take someone into custody. ex. "put out a pickup on that man"

pick up (Noun) — Anything with restorative powers. ex. "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"

pick up (Noun) — A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.

pick up (Noun) — The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. ex. "his car has a lot of pickup"

pick up (Noun) — Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.

pick up (Noun) — An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.

pick up (Noun) — The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places. ex. "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"

pick up (Noun) — The act of taking aboard passengers or freight.

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