Pickup

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Pickup, Pick up or Pick-up may refer to:

Contents 1 Technology 2 Music 3 Film and literature 4 Other

[edit] Technology

• Magnetic cartridge, also known as pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph.
• Pick up (music technology), 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.

[edit] Music

• Anacrusis or upbeat, also called pickup note(s)
• Pickup group or Pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances
• Pickup (music technology) a device that "picks up" the sound from the strings of an electric guitar.

[edit] Film and literature

• A film directed by Lucia Sanchez
• Pick-up, a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
• Pick-Up (1933 film)
• Shih-Te, 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

[edit] Other

• Tim Pickup, Australian rugby league footballer
• Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women
• Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
• Pick-up line, intended to be short and easy method of engaging another person for sex or romance
• A colloquial term for acceleration, particularly of vehicles.
• Pickup truck or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area
• Pickup, a biscuit from Bahlsen
• A pick-up game, any game or sports competition involving the players at hand rather than any pre-arranged meeting of established teams.

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