Synonym: cartridge, getaway, pick-me-up, pickup arm, pickup truck, tone arm. Similar words: pick up, back up, check up, pick, pick out, pick off, kick, trick. Meaning: [ˈpɪkʌp] 
n. 1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard 2. a warrant to take someone into custody 3. anything with restorative powers 4. a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships 5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration 6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge 7. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable 8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places 9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight.
n. 1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard 2. a warrant to take someone into custody 3. anything with restorative powers 4. a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships 5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration 6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge 7. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable 8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places 9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. (151) Edward Tian said good-bye to Lubbock, Tex., his pickup truck, horseback riding, and seven years of studying broom snakeweed to return to Beijing in 1995.