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Pickup, Pick up or Pick-up may refer to:
Technology
- Pickup (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
- Phonograph pickup, a transducer used for the playback of gramophone records on a turntable or phonograph
Music
- PICK-UP (band) a Ukrainian alternative rock band from Kyiv
- Pickup group or pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances
- Pick-up notes or anacrusis, note or sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar
Film
- Pick-Up (1933 film), a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
- Pickup (film), 1951 American film noir directed by Hugo Haas
- Pick-Up (1975 film), a 1975 exploitation film directed by Bernard Hirschenson
- Pick Up (documentary), a 2005 documentary film directed by Lucia Sanchez
- Pick-up (filmmaking), minor shots filmed after the primary filming of a movie to augment what has already been shot
People
- Ronald Pickup (born 1940), British actor
- Thomas Pickup, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wakefield Trinity
- Tim Pickup (born 1948), Australian rugby league footballer
- Shih-Te (fl. 9th century), a Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet (literally "Pick-Up" or "Foundling")
Other uses
- Pick-up (gaming), anything that you collect whilst playing a video game
- Pickup forceps, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects
- Pickup truck or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area
- Pick-Up, a 1955 novel by Charles Willeford
- Pick Up!, a chocolate-dipped snack bar from Bahlsen
- The Pickup, a 2001 novel by Nadine Gordimer
See also
- Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women
- Pick-up game, a game spontaneously started by a group of players
- Pick-up hockey, an informal type of ice hockey
- Pick-up line, a conversation opener to engage an unfamiliar person for romance
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