"strikethrough" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/ Forms: strikethroughs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike through}} Deverbal from strike through, {{m|en|strike through}} strike through Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} strikethrough (countable and uncountable, plural strikethroughs)
  1. (typography) An horizontal line overlaid on other characters. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: slashout
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-noun-O1VXJIqs Topics: media, publishing, typography
  2. (typography) A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: stroke, solidus, slash, bar
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-noun-5H1apOa6 Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (line): trastreko (Esperanto), yliviivaus (Finnish), biffure (French), Durchstreichen [neuter] (German), επιγράμμιση (epigrámmisi) [feminine] (Greek), áthúzás (Hungarian), 取り消し線 (torikeshi-sen) (Japanese), tāroto (Maori), riscar (Portuguese), genomstrykning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'line': 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪk.θɹu/ Forms: strikesthrough [present, singular, third-person], strikethroughs [present, singular, third-person], struckthrough [participle, past], struckthrough [past]
Etymology: Deverbal from strike through; the verb, in at least some cases, is a back-formation from the noun, despite being redundant to strike through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|strike through}} Deverbal from strike through, {{m|en|strike through}} strike through Head templates: {{en-verb|strikesthrough|-|struckthrough|pres_3sg2=strikethroughs}} strikethrough (third-person singular simple present strikesthrough or strikethroughs, no present participle, simple past and past participle struckthrough)
  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of strike through Tags: alt-of, alternative, no-present-participle, nonstandard Alternative form of: strike through Categories (topical): Diacritical marks Related terms: underline, underscore
    Sense id: en-strikethrough-en-verb-I3OBXThb Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 20 31 49 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 29 25 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 32 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 29 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 33 47

Inflected forms

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