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STRIKEOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strikeout mean?
• STRIKEOUT (noun)
The noun STRIKEOUT has 1 sense:
1. an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
Familiarity information: STRIKEOUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strikeout" is a kind of...):
out ((baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strikeout"):
whiff (a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike)
Derivation:
strike out (cause to get out)
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