pick up


Meanings

  • a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
  • a warrant to take someone into custody;
  • anything with restorative powers;
  • a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
  • the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration;
  • mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
  • an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
  • the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places;
  • the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
  • take and lift upward
  • take up by hand;
  • give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift;
  • gather or collect;
    • "They pick up our trash twice a week"
  • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;
  • get in addition, as an increase;
  • take into custody;
  • buy casually or spontaneously;
  • register (perceptual input);
    • "pick up a signal"
  • lift out or reflect from a background;
  • meet someone for sexual purposes;
    • "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
  • fill with high spirits; fill with optimism;
  • improve significantly; go from bad to good;
  • perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily;
  • eat by pecking at, like a bird
  • gain or regain energy;