strike
IPA: strˈaɪk
noun
- (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- (obsolete) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
- (obsolete, by extension) Excellence; quality.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- (philately) A cancellation postmark.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
- (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
- (transitive, dated) To quit (one's job).
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
- (slang, archaic) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (sugar-making, obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
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Examples of "strike" in Sentences
- The strike was severe.
- The incipient strike was broken.
- The lightning strikes the stadium.
- The hail of fire strikes the seas.
- I was apprehensive to strike the vote.
- The repression was successful in breaking the strike.
- In a preemptive strike, the attack of the enemy is imminent.
- We looked at the damage to the trees, what we call the strike damage to the trees.
- We talked about Amelia, who had yesterday gone on a word strike and insisted on pantomiming.
- Things are still tense over at the Screen Actors Guild where a strike is a real possibility.
- We ordered what we call strike teams, which are just lots and lots of fire engines early on.
- When a strike is the only alternative, there is an attempt to sort it out to avoid a strike.
- When a strike is the only way you can gain the attention of management and the public, strike.
- So, now that the strike is a certainty, what can AirFrance-KLM do now, and how can they deal with this better in the future, to minimize impact on …
- Clearly we need to open Gold and prepare a business continuity plan, appointing a silver for each BCU with daily updates to Gold on how the strike is affecting police performance.
- WALD: Well, we are always concerned with the recent history of (AUDIO GAP) earthquake is what we call strike slip, which means two faults are going side by side (AUDIO GAP) on land.