Definition of "pickoff" [pick•off• off]

• 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. (noun)
• Sports An interception, as in football. (noun)

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• "While my pickoff has been a valuable asset my entire professional career, only in the last season and a half have I come close to perfecting it, including ways to better set up what I call my "A" and "" A+ "moves."
• "Following a 40-minute rain delay, Robinson Cano slashed a double to left, then stole third on a botched pickoff attempt."
• "Roethlisberger finished 21 of 30 for 256 yards with one touchdown and one interception, Dansby's pickoff at the Steelers '33-yard line that the Cardinals could not turn into points."