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pickup

pickup

81 2.6
The act of collecting things or people to move them
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪkʌp/
translation icon : recogida
  • The taxi arrived promptly for the pickup at the hotel entrance.
  • curbside pickup
  • pickup service
  • scheduled pickup

We're going to pick up our little curbside pickup order the box.

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Examples

  • I've got an airport pickup for you.

  • And then you show up at your designated pickup time with your reusable bag and collect your food.

  • So I was doing a pickup order instead.

  • I saw her at the pickup yesterday, and she was asking me about you.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I'll tell you where the pickup is.

  • We do have those thing for you ready for pickup at 4:00.

  • Extra bags are left behind for pickup on the next scheduled collection day.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Patrons can call for a pickup, or they can flag down the bus on the street.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In spring and summer, Las Vias serves as a pickup point for 50 to 75 migrants daily.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Seasonal programs can also have a dedicated number of pickups (ten percent) over the program's running time.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

lift
vspickup
  • UK
197 2.1

A free ride in someone's car to another place

describes an organized service or vehicle process not an informal personal ride
trash pickup
vspickup
  • US
3 1.9

Collection of garbage from homes or businesses by a local service

also covers collecting people and goods not only home or business waste
trash collection
vspickup
  • US
3 2.0

Collecting garbage from homes or streets

is broader used to collect people or goods as well as waste
garbage pickup
vspickup
  • US
2 1.3

A service that takes away trash from homes or businesses

is used for collecting people or goods as well as household waste
garbage collection
vspickup
  • US
1 2.3

Picking up and taking away household or business trash

focuses on gathering many types of items or people not only waste

Antonyms

35 2.2

A place to leave people or things

How Convenient

delivery
540 1.0
curbside
  • US
3 3.5
pickup
81 2.6

Surface Forms

pickup singular
pickups plural

Morphology

pickup = pick up (transparent) = pick + up

The noun directly names the act or service of picking something up.

Etymology

Pickup: The word pickup for the act of collecting comes from pick up, meaning 'to collect' or 'to fetch'. So a 'pickup' is the action of collecting goods, people, or rubbish by a vehicle or service.