The meaning of STRIKEOUT is an out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes. How to use strikeout in a sentence.

1 to aim a sudden violent blow at someone or something He lost his temper and struck out wildly. 2 to criticize someone or something, especially in a public speech or in a book or newspaper In a recent article she strikes out at her critics.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English strike out phrasal verb 1 to attack or criticize someone suddenly or violently at Unhappy young people will often strike out at the people closest to them. 2 strike something ↔ out to draw a line through something written on a piece of paper 3 [alwa...