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poststrike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English strike English poststrike From post- + strike.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring after a strike (work stoppage as protest).
    • Hopes for a better winter and spring — and fall — rest with a lineup of new series, a batch that the networks believe will benefit from the full efforts of writers poststrike. 2009 January 26, Bill Carter, “New on the Networks: Safe Formulas From the Past”, in New York Times:
  2. (not-comparable) Following the striking motion of a snake.
    • The nine phases may be clustered into three subgroups: prestrike, strike, and poststrike behavior. 1992, Carl Gans, Philip Steven Ulinski, Biology of the Reptilia, page 435: