Pickoff

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Baseball A play in which a runner is caught off base and is put out by a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher.
  • n. Sports An interception, as in football.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a play in which a base runner is picked off. See pick off.
  • v. to put out a baserunner who is off base by tagging him/her, especially by a quick throw from the pitcher or catcher.
  • v. to shoot so as to kill or disable, especially one by one from a position or in a situation where the target is unable to return fire at the shooter; -- used commonly of sniper fire.
  • v. to intercept (a pass).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shoot one by one
  • v. pull or pull out sharply
  • n. a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out
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