prestrike

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adjective

Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).

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Meanings

adjectiveprestrike (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a strike (work stoppage as protest).
  2. not comparableBefore the striking motion of a snake.

    The nine phases may be clustered into three subgroups: prestrike, strike, and poststrike behavior.

    1992, Carl Gans, Philip Steven Ulinski, Biology of the Reptilia, page 435

Origin

From pre- + strike.

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APA

prestrike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestrike

MLA

“prestrike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestrike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prestrike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestrike.

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