• a small van or truck with low sides

Synonyms: pickup truck, utility vehicle/truck

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

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

• an improvement, especially in an economy

Synonyms: improvement, recovery, revival, upturn, upswing, rally, comeback, resurgence, renewal, reinvigoration, advancement, betterment

• 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

• 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