"strikeout" meaning in English

See strikeout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /stɹaɪːkæʊt/ [General-American], [st͡ʃʰɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ] [General-American], [stɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-strikeout.wav Forms: strikeouts [plural], strike-out [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike out}} Deverbal from strike out Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} strikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)
  1. (countable) An instance or the act of yielding nothing. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-strikeout-en-noun-B9udB0uz
  2. (countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out. Tags: countable Translations (baseball: an instance or the act of striking out): 三振 (sānzhèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 三振 (sanshin) (alt: さんしん) (Japanese), 삼진 (samjin) (alt: 三振) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-strikeout-en-noun-zR2jtBqT Categories (other): Baseball, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Māori translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 7 60 16 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 55 19 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 56 16 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 66 15 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 65 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 58 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 11 56 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 44 21 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 9 57 15 19 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball: an instance or the act of striking out': 24 69 7
  3. (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (computing: cancellation of text items by crossing out rather than deleting): tāhīpae (Māori)
    Sense id: en-strikeout-en-noun-Ty~pWvFD Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: cancellation of text items by crossing out rather than deleting': 5 33 62

Verb

IPA: /stɹaɪːkæʊt/ [General-American], [st͡ʃʰɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ] [General-American], [stɹəɪːkæʊ̯ʔ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-strikeout.wav Forms: strikeouts [present, singular, third-person], strikeouting [participle, present], strikeouted [participle, past], strikeouted [past], strike-out [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike out}} Deverbal from strike out Head templates: {{en-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. Related terms: strike out, walk, single, double Translations (computing: to cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting): tāhīpae (Māori)
    Sense id: en-strikeout-en-verb-KQl8F8LK Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "computing: to cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting",
      "word": "tāhīpae"
    }
  ],
  "word": "strikeout"
}

Download raw JSONL data for strikeout meaning in English (6.1kB)

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  "title": "strikeout",
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: computing, textprocessing",
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