Pickup

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪˌkʌp/

Pickup (noun)

  1. A small truck with an open back for carrying things.
  2. A small increase or improvement in something.
  3. The act of going to a place to take someone in a vehicle.

Examples

  • The farmer loaded hay onto the pickup.
  • A pickup can handle rough terrain easily.

Common collocations: drive a pickup, pickup truck, notice a pickup, economic pickup, arrange a pickup

Pickup (verb)

  1. To lift something from a surface.
  2. To go to a place and take someone in a vehicle.
  3. To learn something new quickly and easily.

Examples

  • She can easily pick up the box.
  • He bent down to pick up the pen.