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TEN-STRIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ten-strike mean? 

TEN-STRIKE (noun)
  The noun TEN-STRIKE has 1 sense:

1. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ballplay

  Familiarity information: TEN-STRIKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEN-STRIKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

strike; ten-strike

Context example:

he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame

Hypernyms ("ten-strike" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)


 Context examples 


At his lowest ebb, when his black suit was in pawn, he made a ten-strike—or so it seemed to him—in a prize contest arranged by the County Committee of the Republican Party.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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