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pick-off

pick-off is the alternative form of pickoff.

Meaning of pickoff

Noun

pickoff (plural pickoffs)

  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
    • Zobrist broke for third during Pettitte’s pickoff move, stealing the base when Pettitte threw behind the runner.2007 April 6, Tyler Kepner, “Pettitte’s Return Lost Amid Sloppy Play”, in New York Times
  2. The rescue of a stranded caver from a rope, returning them to the ground.

Forms of pick-off

pluralpick-offs

Questions about pick-off

What is pick-off the alternative form of?
Pick-off is the alternative form of pickoff.

Words near pick-off in the dictionary

  1. pick-me girl
  2. pick-me girls
  3. pick-me-up
  4. pick-me-ups
  5. pick-mes
  6. pick-off
  7. pick-pocket
  8. pick-pocketed
  9. pick-pocketing
  10. pick-pockets
  11. pick-purse

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