Pickup, pick-up or pick up may refer to: Technology Pickup truck or pick-up truck, a light truck with an open-top rear cargo area 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 Pickup forceps, a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects Music Pick-up notes or anacrusis, note or sequence of notes which precedes the first downbeat in a bar Pickup group or pickup band, a musical ensemble brought together for only a few performances PICK-UP (band), a Ukrainian alternative rock band "Pickup" (song), by MacKenzie Porter Film Pick-Up (1933 film), a crime film starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft Pickup (1951 film), an American film noir directed by Hugo Haas Pick-Up (1975 film), an 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 (1940–2021), British actor Thomas Pickup, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wakefield Trinity Tim Pickup (1948–2021), 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 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 or dating