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prestrike

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ strike.

Adjective

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prestrike (not comparable)

  1. Before a strike (work stoppage as protest).
  2. Before the striking motion of a snake.
    • 1992, Carl Gans, Philip Steven Ulinski, Biology of the Reptilia, page 435:
      The nine phases may be clustered into three subgroups: prestrike, strike, and poststrike behavior.