Usually means: Transducers converting string vibrations to electric.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word pickups:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pickups: Merriam-Webster
  2. pickups: Vocabulary.com
  3. Pickups, pickup's, pickups: Wordnik
  4. pickups: Wiktionary
  5. pickups: Dictionary.com
  6. pickups: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. Pickups: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pickups: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pickups: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pickups: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pickup)

noun:  An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
noun:  In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
noun:  Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
noun:  The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
noun:  (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
noun:  An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
noun:  A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
noun:  (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
noun:  (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
noun:  (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
noun:  The act of answering a telephone.
noun:  (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
noun:  The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
noun:  (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
noun:  (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
noun:  (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck. [(chiefly Canada, US, Singapore) A light truck with an open cargo bed.]
verb:  Misspelling of pick up. [(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.]
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