ten-strike

[ ten-strahyk ]

/ ˈtɛnˌstraɪk /

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noun

Tenpins. a strike.

Informal. any stroke or act that is completely successful.

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Origin of ten-strike

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby ten-strike

tensor muscle of soft palate, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, ten-speed, ten's place, ten-spot, ten-strike, tent, tentacle, tentacled, tentage, tentation

How to use ten-strike in a sentence

The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
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Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
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Ten of the callers identified the man as Jason Polanco of the Bronx.
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As played by Omundson, King Richard is effeminate, sincere, and ten times funnier than everyone else.
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“Wait…” Suddenly a huge, graceful black marlin leaps out of the water, sending a shower of water ten feet high.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
There is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ten-strike

ten-strike

noun

tenpin bowling another word for strike (def. 40)

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