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Verb: strike (struck) strIk- Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
"The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" - Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This behaviour struck me as odd" - Noun: strike strIk- A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
"the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" - work stoppage - An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
"the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" - A gentle blow
- rap, tap - A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
"he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" - ten-strike - (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
"this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" - A conspicuous success
- hit, smash, smasher, bang, sizzler
Derived forms: strikes, striking, struck See also: strike down, striker, striking Type of: accomplish, achieve, affect, assail, attack, attain, bear on, bear upon, blow, bump, cancel, come about, create, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, delete, delivery, displace, dissent, even, even out, fall out, figure out, find, flush, form, go on, hap, happen, impact, industrial action [Brit], job action [N. Amer], level, lick, make, move, occur, onrush, onset, onslaught, pass, pass off, penetrate, perforate, pitch, protest, puzzle out, reach, read, record, regain, register, resist, score, shape, show, solve, success, take place, touch, touch on, work, work out Encyclopedia: Strike |