pick-six
noun
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: a system of betting (as on horse races) in which the bettor must pick the winners of six consecutive races
… is one of 42 individuals holding the 78 tickets that legitimately had five out of six winners in the Breeders' Cup pick-six wager.—
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football
: an interception returned by the intercepting team for a touchdown
By halftime he had thrown two interceptions—the second a 69-yard pick-six to outside linebacker and Most Valuable Player Malcolm Smith …—S. L. Price
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Week 5 Surtain chance — Pat Surtain II’s 100-yard pick-six may have re-routed Denver’s season.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Eager to bounce back from the first meeting against the Jets, in which Rodgers had his way, the Miami secondary gets him for a pick-six — or something else happens to get me the money here.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
But if this is the end for Holland in Miami, another pick-six would be quite a way to go out.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Iowa’s Micah Hyde picked off Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert for a pick-six with 5:32 left in the game that ended up being the decisive score in a 27-24 Iowa win.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Eager to bounce back from the first meeting against the Jets, in which Rodgers had his way, the Miami secondary gets him for a pick-six — or something else happens to get me the money here.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
But if this is the end for Holland in Miami, another pick-six would be quite a way to go out.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Iowa’s Micah Hyde picked off Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert for a pick-six with 5:32 left in the game that ended up being the decisive score in a 27-24 Iowa win.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Pick-six.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick-six. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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