'Pick off' definitions:
Definition of 'pick off'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pick off'
From: GCIDE
- Pick off \Pick" off\, v. t.
- 1. (Baseball) to put out a baserunner who is off base by tagging him/her, especially by a quick throw from the pitcher or catcher. [PJC]
- 2. 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. "The sniper picked off a dozen passersby from the tower before he was shot down by police." [PJC]
- 3. (Football) to intercept (a pass). [PJC]
Synonyms of 'pick off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Pick off'
- Pick,
- Picked,
- Picked out,
- Picking,
- To pick at,
- To pick off,
- To pick out,
- To pick up,
- pick at,
- pick out,
- pick over,
- pick up,
- pickings,
- A bone to pick,
- Ice pick,
- Mill pick,
- Pick City,
- Pick dressing,
- Pick hammer,
- Pick-me-up,
- Pick-up,
- Picked dogfish,
- Picking peg,
- Poll pick,
- To pick a bone with,
- To pick a crow,
- To pick a quarrel,
- To pick a thank,
- To pick to pieces,
- guitar pick,
- nit picking,
- pick apart,
- pick to pieces,
- pick up the gauntlet,
- pick's disease,
- pick-off,
- slim pickings,
- Pick City, ND,
- Pick-fault,
- hand-pick,
- hand-picked,
- niemann-pick disease