1. (meteorology and fire science) n. A lightning bolt that touches the ground or a grounded object, (a common cause of wildland fires). v. Touch the ground as a lightning bolt.
2. (typing, keyboarding, and music) n. The action of pressing a key on the keyboard of a typewriter or keyboard instrument. v. Strike a keyboard key. adj. The kind of typewriter that has a mechanical keyboard, which requires strong downstrikes upon the keys.
3. (warfare) n. A downward chopping attack in hand-to-hand melee or combat.
4. (music) n. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument. v. Pluck downward.
5. (music) proper noun; the name of at least three different newly formed garage bands in the eastern United States of America since 2002.
6. (geography and geology) n. A downward direction.
7. (sport fishing and fishing industry) n. A downward tug on a fishing line. v. Tug downward on a fishing line as a fish, or as a prank played upon a fellow fisherman who has fallen asleep.
8. (cyberculture) proper noun; me.
2. (typing, keyboarding, and music) n. The action of pressing a key on the keyboard of a typewriter or keyboard instrument. v. Strike a keyboard key. adj. The kind of typewriter that has a mechanical keyboard, which requires strong downstrikes upon the keys.
3. (warfare) n. A downward chopping attack in hand-to-hand melee or combat.
4. (music) n. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument. v. Pluck downward.
5. (music) proper noun; the name of at least three different newly formed garage bands in the eastern United States of America since 2002.
6. (geography and geology) n. A downward direction.
7. (sport fishing and fishing industry) n. A downward tug on a fishing line. v. Tug downward on a fishing line as a fish, or as a prank played upon a fellow fisherman who has fallen asleep.
8. (cyberculture) proper noun; me.
1. There's a smoke column where that downstrike hit.
2. I used to have a downstrike typewriter.
3. Comments mentioning downstrikes on the Internet used to be about using battle axes; now they're about using light sabers.
4. It's a note, not a chord; just downstrike.
5. With three bands named Downstrike, at least one of them should be good.
6. The fault is downstrike from the ridge.
7. That downstrike is what I'm waiting for.
8. Typewriters and rock bands come and go, but when you Google downstrike I'm at the top of the results.
2. I used to have a downstrike typewriter.
3. Comments mentioning downstrikes on the Internet used to be about using battle axes; now they're about using light sabers.
4. It's a note, not a chord; just downstrike.
5. With three bands named Downstrike, at least one of them should be good.
6. The fault is downstrike from the ridge.
7. That downstrike is what I'm waiting for.
8. Typewriters and rock bands come and go, but when you Google downstrike I'm at the top of the results.
by Downstrike September 16, 2006
AYB wrote daffynitions of we need to talk, tornado alley, valley girl, cult, Christianity, obese, freedom fries, and Life. Darn! Some duh-weeb removed some of his better ones.
by Downstrike May 26, 2004
by Downstrike May 27, 2004
Also, site map. One of the most confusing words in the world of web site design, because it means too many different things to too many different people, with more people compounding the confusion by making up new meanings for it. There is a potential to differentiate between meanings by spelling one meaning as one word, and another meaning as two words, but no such standard is broadly accepted.
1. In web site design, HTML, SEO, and navigation, n., a web page, usually relatively plain in design, that links to every page on the web site, displaying the links within the structural hierarchy of the site.
2. In web page design and HTML, correctly known as image map, but frequently called site map instead by n00bs, n., a method of linking different portions of an image to different URLs. In some cheaply-designed web sites, an entire web page may be designed into a single image map, so that the entire content of the page, including the text, is presented as an image, rather than as a combination of text and images.
3. In project pre-production, n., an optional design process preliminary to flowcharting, used mostly for multi-page projects, such as web sites.
4. To Google, a text or XML file added to the root directory of your web site to let Google's spider know the names and dates of your web site's searchable files. To differentiate from previous meanings of the word, this upstart definition should be known as, Google sitemap. However, other search engines may be following suit.
1. In web site design, HTML, SEO, and navigation, n., a web page, usually relatively plain in design, that links to every page on the web site, displaying the links within the structural hierarchy of the site.
2. In web page design and HTML, correctly known as image map, but frequently called site map instead by n00bs, n., a method of linking different portions of an image to different URLs. In some cheaply-designed web sites, an entire web page may be designed into a single image map, so that the entire content of the page, including the text, is presented as an image, rather than as a combination of text and images.
3. In project pre-production, n., an optional design process preliminary to flowcharting, used mostly for multi-page projects, such as web sites.
4. To Google, a text or XML file added to the root directory of your web site to let Google's spider know the names and dates of your web site's searchable files. To differentiate from previous meanings of the word, this upstart definition should be known as, Google sitemap. However, other search engines may be following suit.
1. Building a sitemap is a time-honored method of helping both visitors and spiders find all your web pages.
2. The reason search engines can't find your web pages is that you built an image map instead of a sitemap. It looks nice, but neither spiders nor adaptive technology can read it.
3. I hate sitemapping, flowcharting, and storyboarding. If I don't have a picture of what I'm doing in my head, I can't put it on paper, and if I do have a picture of it in my head, I'm ready to create web pages, not to mess around with paper.
4. Come on Google, when a word already has a definition, we don't need a new definition. If you have a new concept, have enough originality to come up with a new word for it.
2. The reason search engines can't find your web pages is that you built an image map instead of a sitemap. It looks nice, but neither spiders nor adaptive technology can read it.
3. I hate sitemapping, flowcharting, and storyboarding. If I don't have a picture of what I'm doing in my head, I can't put it on paper, and if I do have a picture of it in my head, I'm ready to create web pages, not to mess around with paper.
4. Come on Google, when a word already has a definition, we don't need a new definition. If you have a new concept, have enough originality to come up with a new word for it.
by Downstrike November 16, 2005
An abuse of power or authority over a market to prevent consumers from buying or using the product or service of a competitor. See conflict of interest and monopoly.
When MyCrudSoft first rolled out sWindles, they made sure that it produced an error message while installing onto a better version of DOS than their own, leading consumers to think the better DOS was flawed, even though sWindles worked with it just fine.
Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible will do anything they can to prevent the owner of a domain from transferring it to another registrar. They did it best when they were also the register with which all the other registrars had to register domains.
Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible will do anything they can to prevent the owner of a domain from transferring it to another registrar. They did it best when they were also the register with which all the other registrars had to register domains.
by Downstrike December 13, 2004
My favorite genre is Science Fiction.
by Downstrike May 22, 2004
by Downstrike December 02, 2004