STRIKE
Scrabble letter values: S1T1R1I1K5E1 = 10
Definition
- noun a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions. — synonyms: work_stoppage
- noun an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective.
- noun a gentle blow. — synonyms: rap, tap
- noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball. — synonyms: ten-strike
- noun (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.
- noun a conspicuous success. — synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, bang
- verb deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.
- verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. — synonyms: affect, impress, move
- verb hit against. — synonyms: hit, impinge_on, run_into, collide_with
- verb make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target. — synonyms: hit
- verb indicate (a certain time) by striking.
- verb affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely. — synonyms: hit
- verb stop work in order to press demands. — synonyms: walk_out
- verb touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly. — synonyms: fall, shine
- verb attain. — synonyms: come_to
- verb produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments. — synonyms: hit
- verb cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.
- verb find unexpectedly. — synonyms: fall_upon, come_upon, light_upon, chance_upon, come_across, chance_on, happen_upon, attain
- verb produce by ignition or a blow.
- verb remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. — synonyms: scratch, expunge, excise
- verb cause to experience suddenly. — synonyms: hit, come_to
- verb drive something violently into a location. — synonyms: hit
- verb occupy or take on. — synonyms: assume, take, take_up
- verb disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set.
- verb form by stamping, punching, or printing. — synonyms: mint, coin
- verb smooth with a strickle. — synonyms: strickle
- verb pierce with force.
- verb arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.
Examples
- “the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled”
- “the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn”
- “he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame”