/ ˈstraɪkaʊt; NAmE / noun
( in baseball ) a situation in which the player who is supposed to be hitting the ball has to stop because he or she has tried to hit the ball three times and failed
/ ˈstraɪkaʊt; NAmE / noun
( in baseball ) a situation in which the player who is supposed to be hitting the ball has to stop because he or she has tried to hit the ball three times and failed
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005