- strikeover
- noun Date: 1938 an act or instance of striking a typewriter character on a spot occupied by another character
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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strikeover — noun a) A printers term for strikeover or strikeout text, i.e., fonts where each letter appears to be crossed out . b) The resultant text using strikeovers … Wiktionary
strikeover — /struyk oh veuhr/, n. 1. an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it. 2. the typed over character: The letter was full of strikeovers. [1935 40; n. use of v. phrase strike over] * * * … Universalium
strikeover — n. act of typing a character over one that has already been typed … English contemporary dictionary
strikeover — strike•o•ver [[t]ˈstraɪkˌoʊ vər[/t]] n. 1) pri an act or instance of typing over a character without erasing it 2) pri the typed over character • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
strikeover — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from the phrase strike over : an act or instance of striking a typewriter character on a spot already occupied by another character * * * /struyk oh veuhr/, n. 1. an act or instance of typing over a character,… … Useful english dictionary
erasure — n 1. eradication, expunction, rubbing or wiping off, rubbing or scraping out; deletion, cancellation, cassation, crossing out or through; effacement, extirpation, obliteration, elimination, removal. 2. void, blank or empty space, Inf. bleep; rub … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
