"pick six" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-pick six.ogg Forms: pick sixes [plural], pick-six [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pick six (plural pick sixes)
  1. (American football, slang) An interception by the defense that is run back the other way for a touchdown. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pick_six-en-noun-E7EaP8Yc Categories (other): Football (American), English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (horse racing) A wager in which the bettor must correctly predict the winners of six consecutive races.
    Sense id: en-pick_six-en-noun-NKwPzUHL Categories (other): Horse racing Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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