Associations to the word «Strikeout»

Wiktionary

STRIKEOUT, noun. An instance or the act of yielding nothing
STRIKEOUT, noun. (baseball) An instance or the act of striking out
STRIKEOUT, noun. (computing) (wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

Dictionary definition

STRIKEOUT, noun. An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.