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pickoffs

pickoffs is the plural 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.

Questions about pickoffs

What is pickoffs the plural of?
Pickoffs is the plural of pickoff.

Words near pickoffs in the dictionary

  1. picknickers
  2. picknicking
  3. picknicks
  4. pickny
  5. pickoff
  6. pickoffs
  7. Pickover
  8. Pickovers
  9. pickpack
  10. pickpennies
  11. pickpenny

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