pickup
noun
[ ˈpɪkʌp ]
• a small van or truck with low sides.
• an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle.
• "travel by coach from your local pickup point to your hotel"
• a casual encounter with a stranger with a view to having sex.
• "most people met through casual pickups"
• an improvement, especially in an economy.
• "a pickup in demand"
Similar:
improvement,
recovery,
revival,
upturn,
upswing,
rally,
comeback,
resurgence,
renewal,
reinvigoration,
advancement,
betterment,
a turn for the better,
• a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change.
• the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus.
• "this microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise"
• a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune.
• a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in.
pickup
adjective
• informal and spontaneous.
• "a pickup basketball game"
