pickoff

noun

Baseball. a play in which a base runner, caught off base, is tagged out by an infielder on a quick throw, usually from the pitcher or catcher.

Electronics. a mechanism that senses mechanical motion and produces a corresponding electric signal.

Origin:
1935–40; noun use of verb phrase pick off

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pick-off
noun
a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out

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