Noun

Singular pickup

Plural pickups

pickup (plural pickups)

1. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
2. (US) A pickup truck.
3. (attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games.

   At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.

4. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.

   Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.

5. (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.

Pickup, Pick up or Pick-up may refer to:

Technology

• Magnetic cartridge, also known as pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph.
• Pick up (music technology), an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument.
• Pickup tube, a type of cathode ray tube.
• Magnetic pickup, an electromagnetic device returning electrical pulses generated by rotating gears.

Music

• Anacrusis or upbeat, also called pickup note(s)
• Pickup group or Pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances

Film and literature

• A film directed by Lucia Sanchez
• Pick-up, a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
• Pick-Up (1933 film)
• Shih-Te, a Zen Chinese poet (literal translation: "Pick-Up" meaning "Foundling")
• Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot