poststrike

poststrike

English

Etymology

    From post- + strike.

    Adjective

    poststrike (not comparable)

    1. Occurring after a strike (work stoppage as protest).
      • 2009 January 26, Bill Carter, “New on the Networks: Safe Formulas From the Past”, in New York Times[1]:
        Hopes for a better winter and spring — and fall — rest with a lineup of new series, a batch that the networks believe will benefit from the full efforts of writers poststrike.
    2. Following the striking motion of a snake.
      • 1992, Carl Gans, Philip Steven Ulinski, Biology of the Reptilia, page 435:
        The nine phases may be clustered into three subgroups: prestrike, strike, and poststrike behavior.