pickoff
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 7
Definition of pickoff
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
- The rescue of a stranded caver from a rope, returning them to the ground.
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Etymology
Deverbal from pick off.
Words you can make from pickoff
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