pickup

CIDE DICTIONARY

pickup, n. 

•  Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  That which picks up;  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  a social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion.  [PJC]
•  acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate.  [PJC]
•  a component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses.  [PJC]
•  the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device.  [PJC]
•  a small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck.  [PJC]
•  a hitchhiker who has been picked up.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

pickup

Gramophone, Great Leap Forward, Jezebel, PA, PA system, Sunday drive, Victrola, accelerando, acceleration, acquaintance, advance, advancement, advocate, aggravation, airing, alter ego, amelioration, amendment, apprehension, arrestation, arrestment, ascent, audio sound system, audiophile, backer, bad woman, baggage, beefing-up, best friend, bettering, betterment, binaural system, bitch, bitch box, blowing up, blowup, booking, boost, bosom friend, bracer, broad, brother, bullhorn, cartridge, casual acquaintance, ceramic pickup, changer, chippy, clitoromaniac, close acquaintance, close friend, cocotte, concentration, condensation, confidant, confidante, consolidation, crystal pickup, deepening, derived four-channel system, detention, discrete four-channel system, drab, drive, easy lay, easy woman, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, floozy, four-channel stereo system, frail sister, friend, furtherance, getaway, grisette, harridan, headway, heating-up, heightening, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, hussy, hysteromaniac, impetus, improvement, information explosion, inseparable friend, intensification, intercom, intercommunication system, intimate, jade, joyride, jukebox, lift, loose woman, lover, magnetic pickup, magnification, melioration, mend, mending, mobile camera, monaural system, mono, nab, needle, neighbor, nickelodeon, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, other self, outside pickup, partisan, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pick-me-up, pinch, population explosion, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, public-address system, quadraphonic sound system, quean, quickening, radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player, recovery, redoubling, refresher, reinforcement, remote pickup, repository, restoration, revival, reviver, ride, rise, slut, sound reproduction system, sound truck, speedup, spin, spot pickup, squawk box, step-up, stereo, strengthening, strumpet, stylus, supporter, sympathizer, system, tape deck, tape recorder, tart, telecamera, television camera, thrust, tightening, tone arm, transcription turntable, trollop, trull, turntable, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, uteromaniac, wanton, well-wisher, wench, whirl, whore

ROGET THESAURUS

pickup

Acquisition

VB acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue.

Hearing

N hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung.