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86 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• pickup n. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
• pickup n. (US, Canada) A pickup truck.
• pickup n. (Usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
• pickup n. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent…
• pickup n. A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
• pickup n. (Sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
• pickup n. (Video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
• pickup n. (US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent…
• pickup n. The act of answering a telephone.
• pickup n. (Film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
• pickup n. The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
• pickup n. (Uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
• pickup n. (Uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
• pickup n. (Uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
• pickup v. Misspelling of pick up.
• Pickup prop.n. A surname.
• pick-up n. Alternative form of pickup.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
• pick␣up v. (Transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To collect a passenger.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
• pick␣up v. (Transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
• pick␣up v. (Intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
• pick␣up v. (Intransitive) To restart or resume.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
• pick␣up v. (Transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially…
• pick␣up v. (Transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
• pick␣up v. (Intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
• pick␣up v. To pay for.
• pick␣up v. To reduce the despondency of.
• pick␣up v. To take control (physically) of something.
• pick␣up v. (Soccer) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
• pick␣up v. To record; to notch up.
• pick␣up v. (Sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• pick␣up v. (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
• pick␣up n. Rare form of pickup.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Danish - Swedish
  • pickup n. Pickup truck.
• Polish
  • pick-up n. Alternative spelling of pikap.

— English words, defined in German —

• pickup S. Kleiner Lastwagen mit offenem Heck und niedrigen Seiten.
• pickup S. Der Akt des Aufsammelns oder Einsammelns.
• pickup S. Der Ort des Aufsammelns oder Einsammelns.
• pickup S. Die aufgesammelte oder eingesammelte Person.
• pickup S. Die qualitative oder quantitative Veränderung (zum Besseren).
• pickup S. Das elektrische Signale erzeugende Teil eines Geräts wie eines Plattenspielers.

— English words, defined in French —

• pickup n. (Transport) (États-Unis) (Canada) Camionnette.
• pickup n. Décrochage (du téléphone).
• pickup n. Retrait (d’un objet, en particulier d’un véhicule) ; le moment où ce retrait a lieu.
• pick␣up v. Ramasser.
• pick␣up v. Prendre, passer prendre.
• pick␣up v. Collectionner, rassembler, recueillir.
• pick␣up v. (Téléphonie) Décrocher.
• pick␣up v. S’accélérer, se précipiter.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• pick␣up s. (Estados Unidos) picape.
• pick␣up exp. Pegar, catar, apanhar.
• pick␣up exp. Buscar.
• pick␣up exp. Separar com os dedos, escolher cuidadosamente.
• pick␣up exp. Melhorar, aumentar, acelerar.
• pick␣up exp. Reiniciar, resumir.
• pick␣up exp. Entender, captar a ideia.
• pick␣up exp. Receber.
• pick␣up exp. Perceber, detectar, discernir.
• pick␣up exp. Assinalar (comportamento, hábitos ou ações) de uma forma crítica.
• pick␣up exp. Sair, encontrar, "pegar", seduzir alguém (romanticamente), sobretudo socialmente, algumas vezes usado com on.
• pick␣up exp. Puxar, pegar (telefone do gancho).
• pick␣up exp. (Por extensão de sentido) atender (a telefonema).
• pick␣up exp. Pagar pelo(a).

— In German —

• Pickup S. Pick-up.
• Pickup S. Automobil mit einer offenen Ladefläche hinter der Fahrerkabine.
• Pick-up S. Kleiner Pritschenwagen.

— In Dutch —

• pick-up n. (Elektronica) een apparaat om grammofoonplaten af te spelen.
• pick-up n. Een kleine open vrachtauto.

— In French —

• pickup n.m. Variante orthographique de pick-up.
• pick-up n.m. (Vieilli) Appareil domestique appelé à l’origine phonographe…
• pick-up n. (Automobile) Véhicule utilitaire léger muni d’un plateau…

— In Portuguese —

• pickup s. (Estrangeirismo) ver picape.
• pick-up s. (Estrangeirismo) ver picape.

— In Italian —

• pick-up s. (Forestierismo) (meccanica) (tecnologia) (ingegneria) piccolo…
• pick␣up s. (Forestierismo) (meccanica) (tecnologia) (ingegneria) autocarro…
• pick␣up s. (Elettronica) dispositivo elettrico che rileva la posizione…
• pick␣up s. Dispositivo elettrico presente sulle casse degli strumenti…
• pick␣up s. (Per estensione) trasduttore.

225 English words from 43 English definitions

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37 English words from 43 foreign definitions

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1 foreign word from 43 English definitions

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125 foreign words from 43 foreign definitions

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36 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pickups pick-ups pick␣ups pick␣up␣on pickupable pick-up␣game pickup␣line pick-up␣line pick␣up␣line pickup␣cover pick-up␣games pick-up␣joint pickup␣lines pick-up␣lines pick␣up␣lines pick␣up␣speed pick␣up␣steam pickup␣truck pick␣up␣truck pickup␣artist pick-up␣joints pick-up␣sticks pick␣up␣the␣tab pickup␣trucks pick␣up␣trucks pickup␣artists pick␣up␣the␣pace pick␣up␣stitches pick␣up␣stompies pick␣up␣the␣phone pick␣up␣the␣slack pick␣up␣the␣mantle pick␣up␣the␣pieces pick␣up␣one's␣crumbs pick␣up␣the␣threads pick␣up␣the␣threads␣of

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

negative␣pickups humbucking␣pickups

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

TV␣pickup bind␣on␣pickup binds␣on␣pickup bound␣on␣pickup negative␣pickup binding␣on␣pickup humbucking␣pickup

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ick ICK -ick pic PIC pick Pick

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CIP

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

picks␣up pickups pick-ups pick␣ups prick␣up

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

PIPCU U-pick

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

dick␣up hickup kickup kick␣up lick␣up pack-up pack␣up pink␣up sick␣up wickup

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

picks␣up prick␣up

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