pickup English · revision 15409

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpɪkʌp/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun use of the verb phrase [[pick up]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ That which is picked up: 1848 in Etymonline and Merriam-Webster, also written pick-up.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective, made up of whatever is at hand, it is by 1859, and of a game between informally chosen teams from 1905.^(Etymonline) The act of picking up is from 1882,^(Etymonline) capacity for acceleration from 1909, and recovery or improvement from 1916.^(Etymonline) The device on a guitar or record player that converts vibrations into electrical signals is also called a pickup.^(COED 2004)^(AHD) The small truck, short for ''pickup truck'', is from 1937; the pickup body was introduced by Ford in 1925–26.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1848 – something picked up.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1859 – pickup (adjective).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1909 – acceleration.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1925 – pickup body.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1937 – a pickup truck.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small truck with an open back and low sides; a pickup truck.^(COED 2004)^(AHD)

+ # An act of collecting a person or goods.^(COED 2004)^(AHD)

+ # An improvement or recovery, as in the economy.^(COED 2004)^(AHD)

+ # A device on an electric guitar or record player that converts vibrations into electrical signals.^(COED 2004)^(AHD)

+ # Capacity for [[acceleration]].^(AHD)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Formed informally from whoever is available: ''a pickup game''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pick]]

+ * [[pick up]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}