Pickup, pick-up or pick up may refer to:
Technology
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Pickup truck
A pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering) ...
or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area
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Pickup (music technology)
A pickup is a transducer that captures or senses mechanical vibrations produced by musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, and converts these to an electrical signal that is amplified using an instru ...
, an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument
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Pickup tube, a type of cathode ray tube
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Magnetic pickup
A pickup is a transducer that captures or senses mechanical vibrations produced by musical instruments, particularly stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, and converts these to an electrical signal that is amplified using an instru ...
, an electromagnetic device returning electrical pulses generated by rotating gears
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Phonograph pickup
A magnetic cartridge, more commonly called a phonograph cartridge or phono cartridge or (colloquially) a pickup, is an electromechanical transducer that is used to play records on a turntable.
The cartridge contains a removable or permanent ...
, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph
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Pickup forceps, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects
Music
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Pick-up notes
In poetic and musical meter, and by analogy in publishing, an anacrusis (from , , literally: 'pushing up', plural ''anacruses'') is a brief introduction (distinct from a literary or musical introduction, foreword, or preface).
It is a set of sy ...
or anacrusis, note or sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar
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Pickup group
A pickup group is a group of professional musicians, which may be session musicians who are hired to play for a limited time period—ranging from a single concert or sound recording session to several weeks of shows—before disbanding. Pickup ...
or pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances
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PICK-UP (band), a Ukrainian alternative rock band
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"Pickup" (song), by MacKenzie Porter
Film
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''Pick-Up'' (1933 film), a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
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''Pickup'' (1951 film), an American film noir directed by Hugo Haas
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''Pick-Up'' (1975 film), an exploitation film directed by Bernard Hirschenson
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''Pick up'' (documentary), a 2005 documentary film directed by
Lucia Sanchez
Lucía Sánchez (1969) is a Spanish-born French actress. She started her acting career in 1996 with '' Une robe d'été'' ''(A Summer Dress)'' directed by François Ozon.
She starred in ' directed by Yves Caumon with Bernard Blancan, ' directed ...
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Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot
People
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Ronald Pickup (1940–2021), British actor
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Thomas Pickup
Thomas "Tommy" Henry Pickup (third ¼ 1901 – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heri ...
, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wakefield Trinity
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Tim Pickup (1948–2021), Australian rugby league footballer
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Shih-Te
Shide (, fl. 9th century)Cihai lists Shide as living during the time of emperor Tai Zong who ruled from 626 to 649. See the date controversy in Hanshan article. Page 692. was a Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet at the Guoqing Temple on Mount Ti ...
(fl. 9th century), a Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet (literally "Pick-Up" or "Foundling")
Other uses
* Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
* ''Pick-Up'', a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
* Pick Up!, a chocolate-dipped snack bar from Bahlsen
* ''The Pickup'', a 2001 novel by Nadine Gordimer
See also
* Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women
* Pick-up game, a game spontaneously started by a group of players
* Pick-up hockey, an informal type of ice hockey
* Pick-up line, a conversation opener to engage an unfamiliar person for romance or dating
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