STRIKE

/stɹaɪk/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 10

Definition

  1. noun a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions. — synonyms: work_stoppage
  2. noun an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective.
  3. noun a gentle blow. — synonyms: rap, tap
  4. noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball. — synonyms: ten-strike
  5. 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.
  6. noun a conspicuous success. — synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, bang
  7. verb deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.
  8. verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. — synonyms: affect, impress, move
  9. verb hit against. — synonyms: hit, impinge_on, run_into, collide_with
  10. verb make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target. — synonyms: hit
  11. verb indicate (a certain time) by striking.
  12. verb affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely. — synonyms: hit
  13. verb stop work in order to press demands. — synonyms: walk_out
  14. verb touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly. — synonyms: fall, shine
  15. verb attain. — synonyms: come_to
  16. verb produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments. — synonyms: hit
  17. verb cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.
  18. verb find unexpectedly. — synonyms: fall_upon, come_upon, light_upon, chance_upon, come_across, chance_on, happen_upon, attain
  19. verb produce by ignition or a blow.
  20. verb remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. — synonyms: scratch, expunge, excise
  21. verb cause to experience suddenly. — synonyms: hit, come_to
  22. verb drive something violently into a location. — synonyms: hit
  23. verb occupy or take on. — synonyms: assume, take, take_up
  24. verb disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set.
  25. verb form by stamping, punching, or printing. — synonyms: mint, coin
  26. verb smooth with a strickle. — synonyms: strickle
  27. verb pierce with force.
  28. verb arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.

Examples

  • “Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ...”
  • “The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.”
  • “Please strike the last sentence.”

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