Meanings
nounstrikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)
plural strikeouts · alternative strike-out
- countableAn instance or the act of yielding nothing.
We've had one strikeout after the other on the Jones account.
- countableball gamesAn instance or the act of striking out.
The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.
- countableuncountablecomputingCancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
verbstrikeout (third-person singular simple present strikeouts, present participle strikeouting, simple past and past participle strikeouted)
present singular third person strikeouts · participle present strikeouting · participle past strikeouted · past strikeouted · alternative strike-out
- text processingcomputingTo cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
Origin
Deverbal from strike out.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 三振
- 三振 (sānzhèn)baseball: an instance or the act of striking out
Japanese 三振
- 三振 (sanshin)baseball: an instance or the act of striking out
Korean 삼진
- 삼진 (samjin)baseball: an instance or the act of striking out
Māori tāhīpae, tāhīpae
- tāhīpaecomputing: cancellation of text items by crossing out rather than deleting
- tāhīpaecomputing: to cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting
Polish strikeout, przekreślenie
- strikeoutbaseball: an instance or the act of striking out
- przekreśleniecomputing: cancellation of text items by crossing out rather than deleting
- przekreślaćcomputing: to cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting
- przekreślićcomputing: to cancel text items by crossing them out rather than deleting
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Cite this entry
APA
strikeout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikeout
MLA
“strikeout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikeout. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strikeout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikeout.
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