Webster's English Dictionary

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pickup

pick.up \'pik-.*p\ n 1a: a revival of business activity  1b: ACCELERATION  
   2a: HITCHHIKER  2b: a temporary chance acquaintance  3: the conversion of 
   mechanical movements into electrical impulses in the r eproduction of 
   sound; also : a device (as on a phonograph) for making such conversion 4a: 
   the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitt ing 
   apparatus for conversion into electrical signals 4b: a device (as a 
   microphone or a television camera) for converting sound  or the image of a 
   scene into electrical signals 4c: the place where a broadcast originates  
   4d: the electrical system for connecting to a broadcasting station a progra 
   m produced outside the studio 5: a light truck having an open body with low 
   sides and tailboard