strike-out (n.) in baseball, by 1871, from the verbal phrase in the baseball sense, "be put out for failure to strike the ball after a certain number of tries," which is attested by 1866 (see strike (n.)). The transitive sense, in reference to the pitcher, is by 1884. To ...
strike·out ˈstrī-ˌkau̇t : an out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes strike out 2 of 2 verb (ˈ)strī-ˈkau̇t 1 : to enter upon a course of action struck out on my own after graduation 2 : to make an out or cause to...
: a temporary stopping of normal activities in protest against an act or condition a hunger strike 3 : a pull on a line by a fish in striking 4 : a stroke of good luck especially : a discovery of a valuable mineral deposit 5 : a baseball pitch that passes through the strike ...
The use of the word in baseball is by 1853, but the sense has reversed (see strike (n.)). The meaning "refuse to work to force an employer to meet demands" is from 1768, perhaps from the notion of striking or "downing" one's tools, or threatening or coercive action, or from a ...
especially in adeterminedwayShe struck out for the side of the pool.4strike out on your ownto start doing something or living independently5to nothittheballinbaseballthreetimes, so that you are notallowedtocontinuetrying, or to make someone do thisstrike somebody ↔ outHe struck out the firs...
to set in operation; begin: Strike up the band! to bring into being; commence; begin: to strike up an acquaintance with new neighbors. Baseball.to put out or be put out by a strike-out: The pitcher walked two and struck out three. He struck out twice in three times at bat. ...
strike out | strike somebody out (in baseball) to fail to hit the ball three times and therefore not be allowed to continue hitting; to make somebody do this related noun strikeoutTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2 strike something out/through to remove something by drawing a...
baseball astrike (someone) outorstrike out (someone)of a pitcher:to cause (a batter) to be out by pitching three strikes The pitcherstruckhimoutwith a curve. The pitcherstruck outthe first two batters. bof a batter:to make an out by getting three strikes ...
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If you strike out on a trip, you're "hitting" the road. If you strike gold, you've "struck it rich"!Strike can also mean not to hit, as in miss –– as in "three strikes and you're out." That meaning might have evolved from strike meaning to cross off, as in "If you don...