strikeout

See also: strike out

English

Alternative forms

• strike-out

Etymology

Deverbal from strike out.

Noun

strikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)

1. (countable) An instance or the act of yielding nothing.

   We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.

2. (countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.

   The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.

3. (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

Translations

(Computing) Cancellation of text items by crossing out rather than deleting

• Maori: tāhīpae

Verb

strikeout (third-person singular simple present strikeouts, present participle strikeouting, simple past and past participle strikeouted)

1. (computing, textprocessing) To cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

Translations

(Computing) To cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting

• Maori: tāhīpae

See also

• strike out
• walk
• single
• double

Anagrams

• outstrike