Technology
*Pickup truck or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area *Pickup (music technology), an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument *Pickup tube, a type of cathode ray tube *Magnetic pickup, an electromagnetic device returning electrical pulses generated by rotating gears *Phonograph pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph * Pickup forceps, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objectsMusic
*Pick-up notes or anacrusis, note or sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar *Pickup group or pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances *PICK-UP (band), a Ukrainian alternative rock band *Pickup (song), "Pickup" (song), by MacKenzie PorterFilm
* Pick-Up (1933 film), ''Pick-Up'' (1933 film), a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft * Pickup (1951 film), ''Pickup'' (1951 film), an American film noir directed by Hugo Haas * Pick-Up (1975 film), ''Pick-Up'' (1975 film), an exploitation film directed by Bernard Hirschenson * Pick up (documentary), ''Pick up'' (documentary), a 2005 documentary film directed by Lucia Sanchez * Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shotPeople
* Ronald Pickup (1940–2021), British actor * Thomas Pickup, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wakefield Trinity * Tim Pickup (1948–2021), Australian rugby league footballer * Shih-Te (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 GordimerSee 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 {{disambiguation, surname