Ten-strike

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ten-strike \Ten"-strike`\, n.
     1. (Tenpins) A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery
        of the ball. [U. S.]
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     2. Any quick, decisive stroke or act. [Colloq. U. S.]


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ten-strike
       n : a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first
           ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
           [syn: {strike}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Tenstrike, MN (city, FIPS 64444)
    Location: 47.66075 N, 94.68461 W
    Population (1990): 184 (102 housing units)
    Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56683

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Tenstrike, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    195
     Housing Units (2000): 110
     Land area (2000):     3.278307 sq. miles (8.490776 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.177490 sq. miles (3.049685 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.455797 sq. miles (11.540461 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64444
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             47.661095 N, 94.680868 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     56683
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Tenstrike, MN
      Tenstrike