Pickup

Pickup

Pickup or pick-up may refer to:

*Pickup (music), a device which detects vibrations from musical instruments
*Anacrusis or upbeat, also called pickup note(s)
*Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women
*Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot
*Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
*Pickup group or Pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances
*Pick-up line, intended to be short and easy method of engaging another person for sex or romance
*A colloquial term for acceleration, particularly of vehicles.
*Pickup truck or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area
*Pickup tube a type of cathode ray tube.
*Shih-Te, a Zen Chinese poet (literal translation: "Pick-Up" meaning "Foundling")
*A film directed by Lucia Sanchez
*Pick-up, a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
*Pick-Up (1933 film)
*Pickup, a biscuit from Bahlsen
*A "pick-up game" is any game or sports competition involving players at hand rather than a pre-arranged meeting of established teams.


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