pickoff
English
noun
Definitions
- (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
Etymology
Compound from English pick + English off (first element of noun).
Origin
English
off
Gloss
first element of noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipick English
- auto-off English
- autopick English
- backoff English
- blastoff English
- boiloff English
- break off English
- breakoff English
- bumpoff English
- burnoff English
- castoff English
- cutoff English
- downpick English
- earpick English
- face-off English
- faceoff English
- fingerpick English
- handpick English
- holdoff English
- jumpoff English
- kill off English
- knockoff English
- liftoff English
- lookoff English
- nitpick English
- nutpick English
- off English
- offboard English
- offglide English
- offing English
- offish English
- offlist English
- offprint English
- offput English
- offramp English
- offscreen English
- offski English
- offspringing English
- offstage English
- offsuit English
- offy English
- one-off English
- pay-off English
- pick English
- pick-fault English
- pick-quarrel English
- pickability English
- pickable English
- pickcheese English
- picker English
- pickest English
- picketh English
- pickfest English
- pickguard English
- picklist English
- picklock English
- pickman English
- pickmire English
- pickpenny English
- pickpocket English
- pickproof English
- pickpurse English
- picksome English
- picktooth English
- pickup English
- picky English
- print-off English
- printoff English
- ragpick English
- repick English
- runoff English
- sendoff English
- shove off English
- showoff English
- signoff English
- toothpick English
- turnoff English
- unpick English
- waveoff English
- off Spanish, Castilian
- ピック Japanese
- of Middle English
- piken Middle English
- pix Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- off
- offy
- pick
- picky
- offput
- offski
- offing
- picker
- offish
- unpick
- pickup
- repick
- runoff
- cutoff
- pickest
- liftoff
- backoff
- burnoff
- pickman
- showoff
- castoff
- sendoff
- ragpick
- nutpick
- picketh
- offsuit
- nitpick
- bumpoff
- earpick
- waveoff
- signoff
- faceoff
- one-off
- boiloff
- offlist
- pay-off
- turnoff
- lookoff
- offramp
- jumpoff
- holdoff
- blastoff
- picksome
- pickfest
- picklist
- breakoff
- picklock
- autopick
- offboard
- handpick
- kill off
- antipick
- offprint
- downpick
- pickable
- offstage
- offglide
- knockoff
- auto-off
- face-off
- pickmire
- printoff
- shove off
- toothpick
- print-off
- pickproof
- offscreen
- pickguard
- pickpenny
- break off
- pickpurse
- picktooth
- fingerpick
- pickpocket
- pickcheese
- pick-fault
- pickability
- offspringing
- pick-quarrel