pick off

3 definitions found

pick off - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

pick off - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pick off
      v 1: shoot one by one
      2: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
         [syn: pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off]

pick off - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "pick off":
     charge, cock, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire,
     fire off, gun, gun for, hit, let fly, let off, load, pelt, pepper,
     pistol, plug, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, riddle, shoot,
     shoot at, shoot down, snipe, strike, take a potshot, torpedo