a small van or truck with low sides

an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle

travel by coach from your local pickup point to your hotel

a casual encounter with a stranger with a view to having sex

most people met through casual pickups

an improvement, especially in an economy

a pickup in demand

a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change

the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus

this microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise

a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune

a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in

informal and spontaneous

a pickup basketball game