strikeout

• strike-out

Deverbal from strike out.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɹaɪːkæʊt/, [st͡ʃʰɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ], [stɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ]

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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.

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.

• strike out
• walk
• single
• double

• outstrike