also pickup
( pick-ups)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A pick-up or a pick-up truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded.
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2.
A pick-up in trade or in a country’s economy is an improvement in it.
...a pick-up in the housing market...
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3.
A pick-up takes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected.
The company had pick-up points in most cities...
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4.
When a pick-up takes place, someone talks to a person in a friendly way in the hope of having a casual sexual relationship with them. ( INFORMAL )
They had come to the world’s most famous pick-up joint.
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