pickup
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪkʌp/
- US
:
camioneta
- And they went out to their pickup truck to go have a picnic.
- pickup truck
- drive a pickup
- bed of a pickup
Why can't I just sit in this pickup truck and do nothing?
- Why can't I just sit in this pickup truck and do nothing?
- I think I was a little bit early, but I'm standing there and this little green pickup pulls up and out step Jamie and Adam.
- The sales of the Ford pickups, the introduction of electric vehicles, whatever you might be interested in.
- This is the home of fucking cowboy boots and pickup trucks and guns.
- But you know, I'd normally never compare a pickup truck to a sports car, right?
- The next day, he took his pickup truck and drove it to Western Maryland.
- You know why Americans celebrate the pickup truck?
- You know that American men are in love with a pickup truck.
- So we throw them in the back of this filthy pickup truck, Toyota Cherry, it was called.
- And I had this vision of like a line of Hilux pickup trucks full of Taliban fighters.
- And he lived in a camper in a pickup out in front of his little House of his.
Examples
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I got a 1982 Ford f-150 pickup truck.
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The driver of the pickup truck fell asleep at the wheel.
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This is just a regular old pickup truck except massive.
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You know that American men are in love with a pickup truck.
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My pickup broke down out on the road.
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The next day, he took his pickup truck and drove it to Western Maryland.
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There is a huge gravel parking lot with lots of pickup trucks and older cars.
Fiction book (1991) -
Josie and Serena sat in the front seat of the pickup with their father.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's in a black pickup with flame decals.
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He loaded the furniture into his pickup truck before the move.
Synonyms
76
2.5
A small truck with an open back for carrying goods
A small truck used to carry goods short distances
Compounds
- Archaic
A small part in a record player that uses a crystal to make electric signals from the needle's movement
- Specialized
A movable arm on a record player that holds the needle and follows the grooves
- Archaic
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
pickup = pickup truck (semi-transparent) = pick + up
For learners who know 'pickup truck', the shorter form 'pickup' is a straightforward shortening.
Etymology
Pickup: The word pickup for the small truck comes from its job: it was used to pick up goods. That is why a 'pickup' is a truck with an open back for carrying things.