- ten-strike
- noun Date: 1840 1. a strike in tenpins 2. a highly successful stroke or achievement
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Ten-strike — n. 1. (Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. Any quick, decisive stroke or act. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ten-strike — ☆ ten strike [ten′strīk΄ ] n. 1. Bowling STRIKE 2. Informal any entirely successful action … English World dictionary
ten-strike — noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame • Syn: ↑strike • Hypernyms: ↑score * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a strike in tenpins … Useful english dictionary
ten-strike — /ten struyk /, n. 1. Tenpins. a strike. 2. Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful. [1830 40] * * * … Universalium
ten-strike — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: hit, sleeper. Informal: smash, smash hit, wow. Slang: boff, boffo, boffola. See THRIVE … English dictionary for students
Strike — Strike, n. 1. The act of striking. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. [1913 Webster] 3. A bushel; four pecks.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Strike block — Strike Strike, n. 1. The act of striking. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. [1913 Webster] 3. A bushel; four… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Strike of flax — Strike Strike, n. 1. The act of striking. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. [1913 Webster] 3. A bushel; four… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Strike of sugar — Strike Strike, n. 1. The act of striking. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. [1913 Webster] 3. A bushel; four… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ten Broeck — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Ten Broeck caption = sire = Phaeton grandsire = King Tom dam = Fanny Holton damsire = Lexington sex = Stallion foaled = 1872 country = United States flagicon|USA colour = Bay breeder = Frank B. Harper… … Wikipedia
