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TEN-STRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ten-strike mean?
• TEN-STRIKE (noun)
The noun TEN-STRIKE has 1 sense:
1. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
Familiarity information: TEN-STRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
strike; ten-strike
Context example:
he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame
Hypernyms ("ten-strike" is a kind of...):
score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)
Context examples
At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike—or so it seemed to him—in a prize contest arranged by the County Committee of the Republican Party.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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