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Definition of Pickoff
1. Noun. (baseball) 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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pickoff
1. a play in baseball [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickoff
Literary usage of Pickoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Puget Sound Country: Its Resources, Its Commerce and Its by William Farrand Prosser (1903)
"He was then sent to Celina, Ohio, at the suggestion of Professor Andrew J.
pickoff, one of the most distinguished educators of that state. ..."
2. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards, Dept. of by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"The operating principle of the system differs from existing thin-wire pickoff
antennas tuned to detect the electric field from the beam in that the magnetic ..."
3. Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947-1977 by Charles A. Ravenstein (1984)
"None (not manned), 26 Apr-30 Jun 1961; Col John P. Proctor, 1 Jul 1961; Col Julius
pickoff, 13 Mar 1962; Col Donald W. Johnson, 9 Jan-c. 25 Jun 1965. ..."
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