ten-strike Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
    strike.
    • he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame

WordNet

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

Webster 1913