Pirate vs pickup

Pirate

noun
  • someone connected with Bristol Rovers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. 

  • someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc. 

pickup

noun
  • A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex. 

  • In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal. 

  • Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players. 

  • The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain 

  • The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed. 

  • The act of answering a telephone. 

  • A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage. 

  • The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. 

  • An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. 

  • A pickup truck. 

  • A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up. 

  • In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. 

  • electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations 

  • The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity. 

  • An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up. 

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