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Definition of Strikeout
1. Noun. An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes.
Specialized synonyms: Whiff
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Derivative terms: Strike Out
Definition of Strikeout
1. Noun. An instance or the act of yielding nothing ¹
2. Noun. (baseball) An instance or the act of striking out ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strikeout
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strikeout
Literary usage of Strikeout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of San Diego by Walter Gifford Smith (1892)
"... the low point, the distant town, as we round Point Loma and the first beams
of the light-house strikeout towards the setting sun." В AY OF SAN DIEGO. ..."
2. Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1873)
"Page 30, line 6, strikeout the words "to be verified by a justice of the supreme
court," and insert the words " such a sum as the Comptroller shall ..."
3. Compilation of Reports of Committee ... 1789-1901 by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations (1901)
"Your committee therefore recommend that said bill lie amended as follows: In
lines 0 and 7 strikeout the words " fifty thousand dollars. ..."
4. Journal of the Convention, Assembled at Springfield, June 7, 1847: In by Illinois Constitutional Convention (1847)
"]\Ir. Hogue moved to strikeout the whole section as amended. On motion of Mr.
Harvey, The committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again; ..."
5. Journals of the American Congress: from 1774 to 1788: In Four Volumes by United States Continental Congress (1823)
"... seconded by Mr. Arnold, to strikeout the words" command and ;" When the
foregoing resolution was under debate, And on the question, shall these words ..."
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