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Synonyms for pickup
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pik-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪkˌʌp |
Définition of pickup
Origin :- also pick-up, "that which is picked up," 1848; see pick up (v.). As "act of picking up" from 1882. Meaning "capacity for acceleration" is from 1909; that of "recovery" is from 1916. In reference to a game between informal teams chosen on the spot, from 1905 (as an adjective in this sense by 1936).
- Meaning "small truck used for light loads," 1937, is shortened from pickup truck (pickup body is attested from 1928). The notion probably being of a vehicle for use to "pick up" (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed.
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- And must I also pickup such worthless luggage in my travels?
- Extract from : « The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- His father snapped on the screen and pickup of the jeep that was standing nearby.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- He saw it again on screen from a pickup atop the central tower.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- He swung the jeep to get the crowd in the pickup, explaining who they were.
- Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper
- Barney climbed into the pickup and drove it around to the tractor shed.
- Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
- Hetty slowed the pickup to fifty miles an hour and squinted into the sun.
- Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
- She felt a slight lurch as the pickup left the hub of the Guardian Wheel.
- Extract from : « The Guardians » by Irving Cox
- This looked like about as good a time as any to make the pickup.
- Extract from : « Cat and Mouse » by Ralph Williams
- The pickup was in the form of another needle and a glassful of evil-looking fluid.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- Someone dug through the bodies of their attackers and found the pickup.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
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