strike out
IPA: strˈaɪkˈaʊt
verb
- (intransitive, often with at) To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.
- (figuratively) To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.
- To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.
- (law, figurative) to treat something as settled
- (ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.
- (intransitive, colloquial, figuratively) To fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a (hopefully romantic) date.
- To begin to make one's way.
strikeout
IPA: strˈaɪkaʊt
noun
- (countable) An instance or the act of yielding nothing.
- (countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.
- (computing, wordprocessing) Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.
verb
- (computing, textprocessing) To cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.