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pickups
We have found lemma(root) word of pickups : pickup.
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[ˈpɪkʌp], (Noun)
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- a small van or truck with low sides
- an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle
(e.g: travel by coach from your local pickup point to your hotel)
- a casual encounter with a stranger with a view to having sex
(e.g: most people met through casual pickups)
- an improvement, especially in an economy
(e.g: a pickup in demand)
- 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
(e.g: 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
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[ˈpɪkʌp], (Adjective)
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- informal and spontaneous
(e.g: a pickup basketball game)
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