Pickup
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Pickup, Pick up or Pick-up may refer to:
Technology
- Magnetic cartridgeMagnetic cartridgeA magnetic cartridge is a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph. It converts mechanical vibrational energy from a stylus riding in a spiral record groove into an electrical signal that is subsequently amplified and then converted back to sound by a...
, also known as pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph - Pickup (music technology)Pickup (music technology)A pickup device is a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar, Chapman Stick, or electric violin, and converts them to an electrical signal that is amplified, recorded, or broadcast.-...
, an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument - Pickup tube, a type of cathode ray tube
- Magnetic pickup, an electromagnetic device returning electrical pulses generated by rotating gears
Music
- AnacrusisAnacrusisIn poetry, an anacrusis is the lead-in syllables, collectively, that precede the first full measure.In music, it is the note or sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar. In the latter sense an anacrusis is often called a pickup, pickup note, or pickup measure, referring to the...
or upbeat, also called pickup note(s) - Pickup group or pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances
Film and literature
- Pick Up, a 2005 documentary film directed by Lucia SanchezLucia SanchezLucia Sanchez is a French actress. She was born in Spain in 1969. She started her acting career in 1996 with Une robe d'été directed by François Ozon....
- Pick-Up, a 1955 novel by Charles WillefordCharles WillefordCharles Ray Willeford III was an American writer. An author of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism, Willeford is best known for his series of novels featuring hardboiled detective Hoke Moseley. The first Hoke Moseley book, Miami Blues , is considered one of its era's most...
- Pick-Up (1933 film)Pick-Up (1933 film)Pick-Up is a 1933 crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft. The movie was directed by Marion Gering.-Cast:*Sylvia Sidney as Mary Richards*George Raft as Harry Glynn*William Harrigan as Jim Richards*Lilian Bond as Muriel Stevens...
, a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft - Shih-TeShih-TeShide was a Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet at the Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai on the East China Sea coast; roughly contemporary with Hanshan and Fenggan, but younger than both of them. As close friends the three of them formed the "Tiantai Trio"...
, a Zen Chinese poet (literal translation: "Pick-Up" meaning "Foundling") - Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot
People with surname
- Tim PickupTim PickupTimothy Alexander Pickup was an Australian Rugby League player for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970's...
(born 1948), Australian rugby league footballer - Ronald PickupRonald Pickup-Life and career:Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer. Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA.His television work began with an episode...
(born 1940), British actor
Other uses
- Pickup artistPickup artistPickup artist describes a man who considers himself to be skilled, or who tries to be skilled at meeting, attracting, and seducing women.The use of pickup in this context, slang for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations, dates from at least the World War,...
, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women - Pick-up gamePick-up gameIn sports, a pick-up game is a game that has been spontaneously started by a group of players. Unlike exhibition games and regular games, players are generally invited to show up beforehand, but there is no sense of obligation or commitment to play. Pick-up games usually lack officials and...
, a show-up and play type sports game - Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
- ForcepsForcepsForceps or forcipes are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects. Forceps are used when fingers are too large to grasp small objects or when many objects need to be held at one time while the hands are used to perform a task. The term 'forceps' is used almost exclusively...
, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects - Pick-up linePick-up lineA pick-up line is a conversation opener with the intent of engaging an unfamiliar person for romance, or dating. Overt and sometimes humorous displays of romantic interest, pick-up lines advertise the wit of their speakers to their target listeners....
, intended to be short and easy method of engaging another person for sex or romance - A colloquial term for accelerationAccelerationIn physics, acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time. In one dimension, acceleration is the rate at which something speeds up or slows down. However, since velocity is a vector, acceleration describes the rate of change of both the magnitude and the direction of velocity. ...
, particularly of vehicles - Pickup truckPickup truckA pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area .-Definition:...
or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area - Pick Up!, a chocolate-dipped snack bar from BahlsenBahlsenBahlsen is a German food company based in Hanover. It was founded in July 1889 by Hermann Bahlsen as the Hannoversche Keksfabrik H. Bahlsen. The family of founder Hermann Bahlsen, led by his grandson Werner Bahlsen, continues to control the company...