pick-up

pick-up

n

1. Also called pick-up arm tone arm the light balanced arm of a record player that carries the wires from the cartridge to the preamplifier

2. (Music / Pop Music) an electromagnetic transducer that converts the vibrations of the steel strings of an electric guitar or other amplified instrument into electric signals

3. (Electronics) another name for cartridge [3]

4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Also called pick-up truck a small truck with an open body and low sides, used for light deliveries

5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Informal chiefly US an ability to accelerate rapidly this car has good pick-up

6. Informal a casual acquaintance, usually one made with sexual intentions

7. Informal

a.  a stop to collect passengers, goods, etc.

b.  the people or things collected

8. Slang a free ride in a motor vehicle

9. Informal an improvement

10. Slang a pick-me-up

adj

US and Canadian organized, arranged, or assembled hastily and without planning a pick-up band pick-up games

vb pick up (adverb)

1. (tr) to gather up in the hand or hands

2. (tr) to acquire, obtain, or purchase casually, incidentally, etc.

3. (tr) to catch (a disease) she picked up a bad cold during the weekend

4. (intr) to improve in health, condition, activity, etc. the market began to pick up

5. (reflexive) to raise (oneself) after a fall or setback

6. (tr) to notice or sense she picked up a change in his attitude

7. to resume where one left off; return to we'll pick up after lunch they picked up the discussion

8. (tr) to learn gradually or as one goes along

9. (tr) to take responsibility for paying (a bill) he picked up the bill for dinner

10. (tr) Informal to reprimand he picked her up on her table manners

11. (tr) to collect or give a lift to (passengers, hitchhikers, goods, etc.)

12. (tr) Informal to become acquainted with, esp with a view to having sexual relations

13. (Law) (tr) Informal to arrest

14. to increase (speed) the cars picked up down the straight

15. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) (tr) to receive (electrical signals, a radio signal, sounds, etc.), as for transmission or amplification

pick up the pieces to restore a situation to normality after a crisis or collapse

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pick-up, pick-up dinner - A pick-up or pick-up dinner is one made up of leftovers.

See also related terms for leftovers.

Thesaurus

pick-up

noun

improvement, recovery, rise, gain, rally, strengthening, revival, upturn, change for the better, upswing a pick-up in the housing market

Translations

pick-up [ˈpɪkʌp]

A. N

1. (Mus)

1.1. (on instrument) → pastilla f; (on microphone) → toma f de sonidos

1.2. (also pick-up arm) → brazo m (del tocadiscos)

2. (also pick-up truck) → furgoneta f, camioneta f

3. (= collection) to make a pick-up [truck driver, drug runner] → recoger algo
the bus made three pick-ups → el autobús hizo tres paradas para recoger a gente

4. (= recovery) (in economy, trade, sales) → mejora f; (in prices) → subida f

5. (= pick-me-up) → estimulante m

6. (sexual) to him it was just a pick-up → él no quería más que ligar con ella
a pick-up joint → un garito de ligue

7. (Aut) (= acceleration) → facilidad f de aceleración

B. CPD pick-up joint N → bar m de ligoteo
pick-up point N (for people) → parada f; (for goods) → punto m de recogida

pick-up

n

→ Tonabnehmer m; pick-up arm → Tonarm m

(also pick-up truck) → Kleinlieferwagen m, → Kleintransporter m

(inf: = acquaintance) → Bekanntschaft f; with his latest pick-up → mit seiner neusten Errungenschaft; he’s just looking for a pick-up → er will nur eine aufreißen (inf)

(= collection) → Abholen nt; he was late for the pick-up → er kam zu spät zum Treffpunkt; the mail van makes 3 pick-ups a day → der Postwagen kommt dreimal täglich(, um die Post abzuholen); the bus makes four pick-ups → der Bus hält viermal(, um Leute aufzunehmen); pick-up point (for excursion) → Sammelstelle f, → Treffpunkt m; (on regular basis) → Haltestelle f

(= improvement) → Verbesserung f; (= increase) → Ansteigen nt

(= acceleration) → Beschleunigung f

pick-up [ˈpɪkˌʌp] n

a. (Brit) (on record player) (also pick-up arm) → pick-up m inv

b. (also pick-up truck) → camioncino