noun
- a character typed over another character on a typewriter or printer
Usage: printing; typography
Examples
- The old typewriter created a strikeover when she typed the letter ‘x’ over the mistake.
- In early word processing, a strikeover was used to correct typing errors.
- The document showed several strikevers where corrections had been made.
- Before correction fluid, typists relied on strikevers to fix mistakes.
- The strikeover made the original letter barely visible underneath.