strikeout
/stɹaɪːkæʊt/ noun, verb
Forms strikeouts strikeouting strikeouted strike-out
- noun (countable) An instance or the act of yielding nothing. “We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.”
- noun (countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out. “The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.”
- noun (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
- verb (computing, textprocessing) To cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
Etymology
Deverbal from strike out.
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