Strike Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Strike? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Derivations, How to pronounce? Example sentences, Words ending with Strike, Words starting with Strike, Synonyms, Related sentences, Antonyms and more...

Word: Strike

How to pronounce: straɪk

Verb

Definitions:

1. Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Example sentences: "He raised his hand, as if to strike me"

2. (of a disaster, disease, or other unwelcome phenomenon) occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on.

Example sentences: "An earthquake struck the island"

3. (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of (someone) suddenly or unexpectedly.

Example sentences: "A disturbing thought struck Melissa"

4. (of a clock) indicate the time by sounding a chime or stroke.

Example sentences: "The church clock struck twelve"

5. Ignite (a match) by rubbing it briskly against an abrasive surface.

Example sentences: "The match went out and he struck another"

6. (of employees) refuse to work as a form of organized protest, typically in an attempt to obtain a particular concession or concessions from their employer.

Example sentences: "Workers may strike over threatened job losses"

7. Cancel, remove, or cross out with or as if with a pen.

Example sentences: "Strike his name from the list"

8. Make (a coin or medal) by stamping metal.

Example sentences: "They struck similar medals on behalf of the Normandy veterans"

9. Reach, achieve, or agree to (something involving agreement, balance, or compromise)

Example sentences: "The team has struck a deal with a sports marketing agency"

10. Discover (gold, minerals, or oil) by drilling or mining.

Example sentences: "If they do strike oil, there will be another test well in a year's time"

11. Move or proceed vigorously or purposefully.

Example sentences: "She struck out into the lake with a practiced crawl"

12. Take down (a tent or the tents of an encampment)

Example sentences: "It took ages to strike camp"

13. Insert (a cutting of a plant) in soil to take root.

Example sentences: "Best results are obtained from striking them in a propagator"

14. Secure a hook in the mouth of a fish by jerking or tightening the line after it has taken the bait or fly.

Example sentences: "Only when the rod tip pulls hard over and the fish starts to run with the bait should you strike to set the hook."

Noun

Definitions:

1. A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Example sentences: "Dockers voted for an all-out strike"

2. A sudden attack, typically a military one.

Example sentences: "The threat of nuclear strikes"

3. A discovery of gold, minerals, or oil by drilling or mining.

Example sentences: "The Lena goldfields strike of 1912"

4. A pitch that is counted against the batter, in particular one that the batter swings at and misses, or that passes through the strike zone without the batter swinging, or that the batter hits foul (unless two strikes have already been called). A batter accumulating three strikes is out.

Example sentences: "By the time the batter swung, strike three was already in the catcher's mitt."

5. The horizontal or compass direction of a stratum, fault, or other geological feature.

Example sentences: "Incremental changes in the strike of some of the folds occur across these right-lateral faults, with more east-west orientations to the east."

6. Short for fly strike

Synonyms:

smite

take aback

stun

impact

clout

shock

punch

jolt

concussion

ram