ten-strike

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ten-strike

(tĕn′strīk′)

1. Sports A strike in bowling.

2. Informal A remarkably successful stroke or act.

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ten-strike

(Bowls & Bowling) tenpin bowling another word for strike⁴⁰

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Noun

ten-strike - a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"

strike

score - the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"

ten-strike

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Informal. A dazzling, often sudden instance of success:

hit, sleeper.

Informal: smash, smash hit, wow.

Slang: boff, boffo, boffola.

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But it was when Daughtry and Michael first sang "Roll me Down to Rio" together, that the ten-strike was made.

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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.