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. The text so deleted may be completely obscured, or it may be deliberately left legible with the line through it so that readers can see that it was deliberately deleted
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
If someone strikes out, they fail. The lawyer admitted that he was the firm's second lawyer. The first one had struck out completely. see also strike 19
If you strike out at someone, you hit, attack, or speak angrily to them. He seemed always ready to strike out at anyone and for any cause Frampton struck out blindly, hitting not Waddington, but an elderly man
If you strike out, you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent. She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business. a desire to make changes and to strike out in new directions
To get all three available strike in the tenth frame or, similarly, finish the game from any point with strikes
struck out
Turkish pronunciation
strʌk aut
Pronunciation
/ˈstrək ˈout/ /ˈstrʌk ˈaʊt/
Etymology
[ 'strIk ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English strIcan to stroke, go; akin to Old High German strIhhan to stroke, Latin stringere to touch lightly, striga, stria furrow.