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strikethroughing

strikethroughing is the present participle and gerund of strikethrough.

Meaning of strikethrough

Noun

strikethrough (countable and uncountable, plural strikethroughs)

  1. An horizontal line overlaid on other characters.
    • In HTML, wrapping text with the code <del> and </del> produces a strikethrough.
    Synonyms:
    slashout
  2. A horizontal or oblique line overlaid on individual characters.
    • (oblique)
    Synonyms:
    stroke, solidus, slash, bar

Questions about strikethroughing

What is strikethroughing the present participle and gerund of?
Strikethroughing is the present participle and gerund of strikethrough.

Words near strikethroughing in the dictionary

  1. strikest
  2. strikesthrough
  3. striketh
  4. strikethrough
  5. strikethroughed
  6. strikethroughing
  7. strikethroughs
  8. Striketober
  9. strikin'
  10. striking
  11. striking a bargain

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strikethroughing (page history and authors); strikethrough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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