Background for strikeouts

strikeouts

/ˈstraɪkaʊts/

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noun

An instance or the act of yielding nothing

Examples :

"The batter had a rough game, with three strikeouts out of his four at-bats. "

sport achievement negative

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noun

An instance or the act of striking out

Examples :

"The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game."

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noun

(wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

Examples :

"The teacher used strikeouts to show the words I misspelled in my essay, instead of deleting them completely. "

computing writing technology