English Explanatory Dictionary

pickoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base
  2. The rescue of a stranded caver from a rope, returning them to the ground.

Word forms

pickoff pickoffs

Etymology

Deverbal from pick off.

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