pick-up
Casual basketball game
Pick-up covers things that are gathered, collected, or acquired casually.
A pick-up is a small truck with an open cargo bed.
In sports, a pick-up game is informal and impromptu, with players assembled on the spot.
A pick-up line is an opening remark intended to start a romantic or sexual encounter: His pick-up lines never worked.
Pick-up can describe anything improvised or assembled ad hoc: a pick-up band, pick-up rehearsals.
Also spelled pickup.
Go get and return
- collectBring items together
- retrieveGet something back
- gatherBring or come together
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
delivery · scheduled · parcels · groceries · laundry · dry cleaning · carpool · school run
Furniture for slumber
- tailgateRear vehicle hatch
- towPull something behind
- 4x4All-wheel-drive truck
- off-roadUnpaved driving territory
cargo · utility · cab · Ford · Chevrolet · Dodge · Ram · F-150
Increase in velocity
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reboundReturn after deflection
- uptickSlight increase
surge · boost · rally · revival · turnaround · upswing · bounce back · gaining steam
Strokes connecting two points
- approachWay of handling something
- charmAttractive personal quality
- complimentWords expressing approval
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
dating · hookup · icebreaker · innuendo · playful · romance · seduction · smooth
Fretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- acousticRelating to sound
fiddle · country · strumming · mandolin · improvisation · twang · jam session · fingerpicking
Without advance preparation
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- informalRelaxed, not official
- ad hocFor this purpose specifically
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
basketball · soccer · sandlot · playground · streetball · makeshift · unscheduled · drop-in
fetch
Go get and return
curbside · delivery · scheduled · parcels · groceries · laundry · dry cleaning · carpool · school run · airport
bed
Furniture for slumber
off-road · cargo · utility · cab · Ford · Chevrolet · Dodge · Ram · F-150 · Toyota
accelerate
Increase in velocity
uptick · surge · boost · rally · revival · turnaround · upswing · bounce back · gaining steam · traction
lines
Strokes connecting two points
- approachWay of handling something
- charmAttractive personal quality
- complimentWords expressing approval
courtship · dating · hookup · icebreaker · innuendo · playful · romance · seduction · smooth · suave
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
acoustic · fiddle · country · strumming · mandolin · improvisation · twang · jam session · fingerpicking · licks
impromptu
Without advance preparation
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- informalRelaxed, not official
- ad hocFor this purpose specifically
scratch · basketball · soccer · sandlot · playground · streetball · makeshift · unscheduled · drop-in · recreational
- school commuteschool bus, yellow bus, bus stop, bus route, bus driver
- trasportiauto, autobus, automobile, bus, camion
- film industryfilm studios, film production, film distribution, Hollywood, Bollywood
- preschoolpreschool, nursery school, pre-K, pre-k, play-based
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
pick-upsedan
Enclosed passenger car
coupe · hatchback · limousine · minivan · station wagon
pick-upslowdown
Reduction in pace
deceleration · drag · sluggishness · lag · lethargy