strikeout

strikeout

See also: strike out

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase strike out.

Noun

strikeout (plural strikeouts)

1. An instance or the act of yielding nothing

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

2. (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)(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