Main Entry: strike out

Function: verb

Date: 1707

intransitive verb

1 : to enter upon a course of action
2 : to set out vigorously
3 : to make an out in baseball by a strikeout
4 : to finish bowling a string with consecutive strikes; specifically : to bowl three strikes in the last frame
5 : fail 2ctransitive verb of a baseball pitcher : to retire (as a batter) by a strikeout