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pickup

/ˈpɪkˌʌp/
verb
  1. To lift or take hold of something or someone.
    • She picked up the book and began to read.
    • Please pickup your toys from the floor.
    • He picked up the baby gently and rocked her to sleep.
  2. To collect someone or something from a place.
    • The courier will pickup the package this afternoon.
    • I'll pickup the kids from school at 3 o'clock.
    • Can you pickup the dry cleaning on your way home?
  3. To learn or acquire something, such as a skill, habit, or information.
    • I picked up some useful tips from the cooking show.
    • He picked up a bad habit of biting his nails.
    • She picked up Spanish quickly while living in Mexico.
  4. To increase in speed, strength, or activity.
    • The car began to pickup speed as it went downhill.
    • The wind is starting to pickup, so we should go inside.
    • Business usually picks up during the holiday season.
  5. To answer a phone call.
    • I called three times, but no one picked up.
    • Please pickup the phone when I call.
    • She picked up on the first ring.
  6. To resume or continue something after a break.
    • Let's pickup where we left off in the story.
    • After lunch, we will pickup the meeting again.
    • He picked up his old hobby of painting after many years.
Synonyms
liftgatherincrease
Antonyms
drop off
noun
  1. A light truck with an open back and low sides, used for carrying goods.
    • The farmer used his pickup to haul hay bales across the field.
    • He loaded the lumber into the back of his pickup.
    • My uncle drives a red pickup to work every day.
  2. The act of collecting someone or something from a place.
    • I scheduled a pickup for the package at my front door.
    • The school bus pickup is at 7:30 in the morning.
    • The trash pickup happens every Tuesday.
  3. An increase or improvement in something, such as speed, activity, or business.
    • There has been a pickup in sales since the new product launched.
    • The economy is showing a pickup after the slow winter months.
    • We noticed a pickup in the wind just before the storm.
  4. A casual attempt to start a romantic or sexual relationship with someone.
    • He tried a clumsy pickup at the coffee shop.
    • She ignored his pickup and walked away.
    • That line is a classic pickup, but it rarely works.
  5. The part of a record player or musical instrument that converts vibrations into an electrical signal.
    • He adjusted the pickup on his turntable to reduce static.
    • The guitar's pickup needs to be replaced for better sound.
    • A magnetic pickup is common in electric guitars.