Oxford Dictionary English strikeout nounnoun BrE BrE//ˈstraɪkaʊt// ; NAmE NAmE//ˈstraɪkaʊt// Baseball Add to my wordlistjump to other results(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 See related entries: BaseballSee strikeout in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: strikeout oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com