poststrike

adj — 2 senses

poststrike

adj

Etymology From post- + strike.

1

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

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:

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