pick-up

pick-up

Noun

1. a small truck with an open body used for light deliveries

2. Informal a casual acquaintance made for a sexual purpose

3. Informal

a. a stop to collect passengers or goods

b. the people or things collected

4. a device which converts vibrations into electrical signals, such as that to which a record player stylus is attached

Thesaurus

pick-up

noun improvement, recovery, rise, gain, rally, strengthening, revival, upturn, change for the better, upswing

Translations

pick-up [ˈpɪkʌp] n (also: pick-up truck) → pick-up m inv;

(Brit) (on record player) → bras m pick-up

pick-up [ˈpɪkʌp] n (also: pick-up truck) → offener Kleintransporter m;

(Brit) (on record player) → Tonabnehmer m