Pickup

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

Technology

• Magnetic cartridge, also known as pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph
• Pickup (music technology), an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument (same as in Music below)
• Pickup tube, a type of cathode ray tube
• Magnetic pickup, an electromagnetic device returning electrical pulses generated by rotating gears

Music

• Anacrusis, also called "upbeat," "pickup note[s]," or simply "pickup"
• Pickup (music technology), an electromagnetic device which detects vibrations from a musical instrument (same as in Technology above)
• 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 Sanchez
• Pick-Up, a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
• Pickup, a 1951 film directed by Hugo Haas
• Pick-Up (1933 film), a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
• 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

People with surname

• Tim Pickup (born 1948), Australian rugby league footballer
• Ronald Pickup (born 1940), British actor

Other uses

• Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women
• Pick-up game, a show-up and play type sports game
• Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
• Forceps, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects
• 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
• Pick Up!, a chocolate-dipped snack bar from Bahlsen