Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or an instance of typing a character over one already typed.
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- noun A printers' term for strikeover or strikeout text, i.e., fonts where each letter appears to be "crossed out".
- noun The resultant text using strikeovers.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nigeria's two main labor unionsare calling a three-day warning strikeover pay.
Nigerian Labor Unions Prepare for ‘Warning’ Strike over Increase in Minimum Wage 2010
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It was thirty pages long, column after column of kanji characters arranged vertically on the pages, with never a strikeover or erasure, now and then a crude stick-figure drawing with arrows or dotted lines signifying this or that mysterious pathology.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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It was thirty pages long, column after column of kanji characters arranged vertically on the pages, with never a strikeover or erasure, now and then a crude stick-figure drawing with arrows or dotted lines signifying this or that mysterious pathology.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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It was thirty pages long, column after column of kanji characters arranged vertically on the pages, with never a strikeover or erasure, now and then a crude stick-figure drawing with arrows or dotted lines signifying this or that mysterious pathology.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Hey you were such a good teacher with the linking question I had, can you teach me how to do a strikeover.
Proof that I'm a Nerd #426 Brigindo 2008
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And with the most careful strokes of his pen, making never a mistake or a strikeover, he sketched a majestic itinerary, twisting and winding among the planets, sometimes turning in unexpected ways and leaping off into unexpected directions.
Space Michener, James 1982
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