Pickoff

Origin

pick + off

Full definition of pickoff

Noun

1. (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
• 2007, April 6, Tyler Kepner, Pettitte’s Return Lost Amid Sloppy Play, Zobrist broke for third during Pettitte’s pickoff move, stealing the base when Pettitte threw behind the runner.