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strike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [stiː.ɹ̠ʌɪ̯k(ʰ)] US, emphatic, baseball, before one, two, or especially three
  • /stɹaɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /stiː.ɹaɪk/ US, emphatic, baseball, before one, two, or especially three
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Meanings

  1. 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.
    • It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone. 1996, Lyle Lovett, “Her First Mistake”, in The Road to Ensenada:
  2. The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
  3. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
    • After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.
  4. A blow or application of physical force against something.
    • He's got machine guns and hatchets and swords / And some missiles and foods with trans-fats / He will unleash mass destruction, you're dead / You just got smashed... by the ¶ Attack of the Wrath of the / War of the Death of the / Strike of the Sword of the / Blood... of the Beast 2008, Lich King (band), “Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught:
    • 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,[…] 1990, Chris Traish, Leigh Olsson, An Overview of Martial Arts, page 14:
    • […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music. 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes:
  5. (broadly) An attack, not necessarily physical.
    • air strike; first strike
  6. In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
  7. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
    • The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel. 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:
  8. The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
    • The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
  9. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
  10. The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
  11. 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.
  12. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
    • a strike of malt; a strike of coin
  13. (broadly, obsolete) Excellence; quality.
    • […]our cellarer shall have orders to deliver to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvesie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike, yearly—If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come to court, and become acquainted with my butler. 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter X, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages 266–267:
  14. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  15. A puddler's stirrer.
  16. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
  17. The discovery of a source of something.
    • The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
  18. The strike plate of a door.
  19. A nibble on the bait by a fish.
    • I must admit that my focus was divided, which limited my fishing success. I made a few casts, then arranged my inanimate subjects and took photos. When my indicator went down on my first strike, I cleanly missed the hook up. 2014, Michael Gorman, Effective Stillwater Fly Fishing, page 87:
  20. A cancellation postmark.
  21. (historical) An imperfect matrix for type.

Forms

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Antonyms

non-strike · nonstrike · lockout · industrial peace

Coordinates

stayaway · go-slow · stayout · work-to-rule · slowdown

Deriveds

deadbolt strike · heelstrike · strike-breaking · relay strike · antistrike · strike breaking · surgical strike · sit-down strike · preemptive strike · air strike · strikebound · prostrike · tailstrike · three strikes · sex strike · farm the strike · strikelike · strike team · on strike · general strike · strike plate · go on strike · copystrike · third strike · decapitation strike · strike insurance · second strike · downstrike · strike-slip fault · birdstrike · first strike · checkerboard strike · hate strike · splendid first strike · Striketober · bridge strike · token strike · hunger strike · strike-stick · strike suit · strikeless · strike action · latch strike · alpha strike · ten-strike · flamestrike · superstrike · strikebreak · sympathy strike · strike camp · multistrike · striker · signature strike · precision F-strike · strike bowler · strikebreaking · wingstrike · strikebreaker · strike measure · strikelist · prestrike · trickle · strike partner · February strike · strikeover · poststrike · anti-strike · strike jamb · student strike · strike force · strike sheet · footstrike · lightning strike · thunderstrike · flystrike · rampstrike · upstrike · strike rate · strike-break · rent strike · Italian strike · strikeforce · strike price · climate strike · wildcat strike · compliance strike · doublestrike · bird strike · airstrike · one strike and you're out

Descendants

Streik · strike · Strike · striko · strike · strejk · sztrájk · streic · strike · strike · ストライク · 스트라이크 · strike · strajk · strike · ストライキ · strejke · Strike · страйк · strike

Hypernyms

labor action · industrial action

Synonyms

walkout

Translations (180)

ms mogok (work stoppage) · lv streiks (work stoppage) · cmn 罷工 /罢工 (work stoppage) · ms موݢوق (work stoppage) · tl aklasan (work stoppage) · gl folga (work stoppage) · pl strajk (work stoppage) · hu sztrájk (work stoppage) · ast escadiella (work stoppage) · yi זאַבאָסטאָווקע (work stoppage) · cmn 全倒 (in bowling) · eo trafo (in baseball) · tk iş taşlaýyş (work stoppage) · es chuza (in bowling) · ko 스트라이크 (in baseball) · nl slag (physical blow) · la plāga (physical blow) · gd bualadh (physical blow) · tg корпартоӣ (work stoppage) · th การนัดหยุดงาน (work stoppage) · tl aklas (work stoppage) · uk уда́р (physical blow) · ko 파업 (work stoppage) · ru страйк (in bowling) · ky иш таштоо (work stoppage) · fr coup (physical blow) · de Strike (in bowling) · es moñona (in bowling) · uz ish tashlash (work stoppage) · uz stachka (work stoppage) · tk zabastowka (work stoppage) · nl strike (in bowling) · nb streik (work stoppage) · my သပိတ် (work stoppage) · pdt Schlach (physical blow) · cs stávka (work stoppage) · ht grèv (work stoppage) · et streik (work stoppage) · ta வேலைநிறுத்தம் (work stoppage) · ja ストライク (in baseball) · te సమ్మె (work stoppage) · mh bait (physical blow) · la operistitium (work stoppage) · ru забасто́вка (work stoppage) · ja 罷工 (work stoppage) · mi porotū (work stoppage) · ja ストライキ (work stoppage) · nn streik (work stoppage) · ga stailc (work stoppage) · ps اعتصاب (work stoppage) · tg эътисоб (work stoppage) · es strike (in baseball) · vi sự bãi công (work stoppage) · bg ста́чка (work stoppage) · hy գործադուլ (work stoppage) · ko 스트라이크 (in bowling) · kmr grev (work stoppage) · nl staking (work stoppage) · nl klap (physical blow) · ru страйк (in baseball) · mi auporo (work stoppage) · es paro (work stoppage) · fr grève (work stoppage) · af staking (work stoppage) · ky забастовка (work stoppage) · fa-ira اِعْتِصَاب (work stoppage) · io frapo (physical blow) · fr frappe (physical blow) · ka აქცია (work stoppage) · pt strike (in bowling) · yue 罷工 /罢工 (work stoppage) · uk страйк (work stoppage) · fi lakko (work stoppage) · id mogok (work stoppage) · br harz-labour (work stoppage) · eo bato (physical blow) · sv slag (physical blow) · sw mgomo (work stoppage) · is verkfall (work stoppage) · fi isku (physical blow) · cmn 打擊 /打击 (physical blow) · da strike (in bowling) · tr grev (work stoppage) · hu munkabeszüntetés (work stoppage) · ky стачка (work stoppage) · eo frapo (physical blow) · sv strike (in baseball) · ps هرټال (work stoppage) · gl paro (work stoppage) · pt greve (work stoppage) · ka გაფიცვა (work stoppage) · be забасто́ўка (work stoppage) · sv strejk (work stoppage) · sq grevë (work stoppage) · de Strike (in baseball) · sh ȕdār (physical blow) · ja 同盟罷業 (work stoppage) · nl stoot (physical blow) · uk забасто́вка (work stoppage) · ar إِضْرَاب (work stoppage) · gd stailc (work stoppage) · lt streikas (work stoppage) · eo striko (work stoppage) · fr strike (in bowling) · got 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 (physical blow) · sh štrȁjk (work stoppage) · fi kaato (in bowling) · be ста́чка (work stoppage) · cs úder (physical blow) · sl udarec (physical blow) · mk удар (physical blow) · ast fuelga (work stoppage) · sl stavka (work stoppage) · id pemogokan (work stoppage) · lo ການນັດຢຸດງານ (work stoppage) · it sciopero (work stoppage) · nl slag (in baseball) · yi סטרײַק (work stoppage) · da strejke (work stoppage) · mi porotūnga (work stoppage) · sk štrajk (work stoppage) · tk staçka (work stoppage) · kk ереуіл (work stoppage) · eu greba (work stoppage) · ug ئىش تاشلاش (work stoppage) · uk страйк (in baseball) · es interpresa ((military) an attack, not necessarily physical) · sh штра̏јк (work stoppage) · he שְׁבִיתָה (work stoppage) · be страйк (work stoppage) · th นัดหยุดงาน (work stoppage) · de Streik (work stoppage) · ast güelga (work stoppage) · ml സമരം (work stoppage) · st seteraeke (work stoppage) · ro grevă (work stoppage) · cmn 好球 (in baseball) · pt ataque (physical blow) · tl welga (work stoppage) · ru уда́р (physical blow) · es huelga (work stoppage) · fi lyönti (in baseball) · mn ᠠᠵᠢᠯ ᠬᠠᠶᠠᠯᠲᠠ (work stoppage) · ga treo (compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth) · bg у́дар (physical blow) · io striko (work stoppage) · el χτύπημα (physical blow) · ur ہَڑْتال (work stoppage) · mt daqqa (physical blow) · az vuruş (physical blow) · ja スト (work stoppage) · es golpe (physical blow) · de Schlag (physical blow) · es pleno (in bowling) · ca vaga (work stoppage) · ru ста́чка (work stoppage) · pl uderzenie (physical blow) · ca ple (in bowling) · uz zabastovka (work stoppage) · az zərbə (physical blow) · sk úder (physical blow) · sv strike (in bowling) · da slag (physical blow) · vi đình công (work stoppage) · ja ストライク (in bowling) · bn ধর্মঘট (work stoppage) · cy streic (work stoppage) · fi kulku (compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth) · km កូដកម្ម (work stoppage) · be уда́р (physical blow) · hi हड़ताल (work stoppage) · km ការវាយប្រហារ (physical blow) · mk штрајк (work stoppage) · sh у̏да̄р (physical blow) · el απεργία (work stoppage) · ps هړتال (work stoppage) · az tətil (work stoppage) · be штрайк (work stoppage) · ko 스트라이크 (work stoppage) · mn ажил хаялт (work stoppage)

strike en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [stiː.ɹ̠ʌɪ̯k(ʰ)] US, emphatic, baseball, before one, two, or especially three
  • /stɹaɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /stiː.ɹaɪk/ US, emphatic, baseball, before one, two, or especially three
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

Meanings

  1. (sometimes, transitive, with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
    • Please strike the last sentence.
  2. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To hit.
    • The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work. 2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8:
    • Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.  A bullet struck him.  The ship struck a reef.
    • […]he at Philippi kept / His ſword e’ne like a dancer, while I ſtrooke / The leane and wrinkled Caſſius,[…] c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xi], page 356, column 1:
  3. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
    • And they ſhall take of the blood and ſtrike it on the two ſide poſtes,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:7, column 2:
    • Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXV, page 102:
  4. (intransitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
    • Nay when? ſtrike now, or elſe the Iron cooles. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 168, column 2:
    • A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
  5. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To manufacture, as by stamping.
    • [I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the original formwork. 1977, Jaques Heyman, Equilibrium of Shell Structures, Clarendon Press, Oxford, page 107:
    • We will strike a medal in your honour.
  6. (dated, intransitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
    • The ship struck in the night.
  7. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ 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.
    • The clock struck twelve.  The drums strike up a march.
    • It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1949 June 8, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, Part I, Chapter I:
    • I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o’clock. As I shut it, Saint Paul’s, and all the many church-clocks in the City—some leading, some accompanying, some following—struck that hour. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XX, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, pages 328-329:
  8. (intransitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
    • But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XXI, page 13:
  9. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
    • And waving wide her mirtle wand / She ſtrikes a univerſall Peace through Sea and Land. 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, The Hymn, stanza III, page 3:
    • to strike a light
  10. (transitive) To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. ▸ To cause to ignite by friction.
    • to strike a match
  11. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
    • A tree strikes its roots deep.
  12. To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
    • The blowflies come in March, but if a man shears then the flies don’t bother much. The flies strike young lambs, but then the lambing could be regulated. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 217:
  13. (transitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To punish; to afflict; to smite.
    • Alſo to puniſh the iuſt is not good, nor to ſtrike princes for equitie. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 17:26, column 2:
  14. (intransitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To carry out a violent or illegal action.
    • The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day. 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, “The Shadow of the Bat”, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 6:
  15. (intransitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
    • The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.
  16. (figuratively, transitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To impinge upon.
    • In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,[…], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1:
    • The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda.  Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
  17. (transitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
    • Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
    • I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal decay, this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousand years. 1895 May 7, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Palace of Green Porcelain”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 163:
  18. (transitive) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To create an impression.
    • The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
    • The news struck a sombre chord.
  19. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To score a goal.
    • Defender Chris Baird struck twice early in the first half to help Fulham move out of the relegation zone and ease the pressure on manager Mark Hughes. 2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0-2 Fulham”, in BBC:
  20. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
    • Court-virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate, / Born where Heav'n's influence scarce can penetrate. / In life's low vale, the soil the virtues like, / They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. 1734, Alexander Pope, An Epistle To The Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham; reprinted in Henry W. Boynton, editor, The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (The Cambridge Edition of the Poets), Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903, page 159, lines 141–144:
    • In like manner the writings of mere men[…]strike and surprise us most upon our first perusal of them[…]. 1734, Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preached at the Rolls, December 24, 1710: The Baptist's Message to Jesus, and Jesus's Answer Explained”, in Sermons on Several Occasions, new edition, volume I, published from the originals by Thomas Moore, London; reprinted in Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, volume II, London, 1820, page 25:
    • to strike the mind with surprise;  to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
  21. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
    • I was struck dumb with astonishment.
    • The proposed plan strikes me favourably.
  22. (UK, intransitive, obsolete, slang) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
    • Hee being thus duſted with meale, intreated the meale man to wipe it out of his necke, and ſtoopte downe his head: the meale man laughing to ſee him ſo rayed and whited, was willing to ſhake off the meal, and the whilſt, while hee was buſie about that, the Nippe had ſtroken the purſe and done his feate, and both courteouſly thanked the meale man and cloſely / went away with his purchaſe. Greene, Robert (2017), “A discourse, or rather discovery of the Nip and the Foist, laying open the nature of the Cutpurse and Pick-pocket.”, in Ex-Classics Project, retrieved 12 Dec 2019, The Complete Cony-Catching by Robert Greene
    • Now we haue well bousd, let vs strike some chete. 1567, Thomas Harman, “The vpright Coſe cateth to the Roge. [The Upright Man speaketh to the Rogue.]”, in 'A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, vulgarly called vagabonds'; reprinted in Charles Hindley, editor, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly called Vagabonds, London: Reeves and Turner, 1871, page 119:
  23. (archaic, slang) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. ▸ To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
    • I must borrow money, / And that some call a striking; [...] 1655, James Shirley, 'The Gentleman of Venice'; reprinted in William Gifford, Alexander Dyce, editors, 'The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley', volume 5, London: John Murray, 1833, page 6:
  24. To touch; to act by appulse.
    • Let us conſider the red and white colours in Porphyre: Hinder light, but from ſtriking on it, and its Colours vaniſh[…]. 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Some Farther Considerations Concerning Our Simple Ideas”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 19, page 58:
  25. (transitive) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
    • Of course, almost any fool could strike a fish if it lay quiet in very shallow water. 1894, Outing and the Wheelman, volume 24, page 56:
  26. (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
  27. (broadly, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
    • He [King Charles II] ſent him [the Earl of Essex] Embaſſador to Denmark, where his behaviour in the affair of the flag gained him much reputation:[…]Lord Eſſex’s firſt buſineſs was to juſtify his behaviour in refuſing to ſtrike.[…]And he found very good materials to juſtify his conduct; ſince by formal treaties it had been expreſſly ſtipulated, that the Engliſh ſhips of war ſhould not ſtrike in the Daniſh ſeas. a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, “Book III. Of the Rest of King Charles II’s Reign, from the Year 1673 to the Year 1685, in which He Died.”, in [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume I, London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC, pages 396–397:
    • The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
  28. (broadly, intransitive, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
    • Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […] 1889, New York (State). Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics, Annual Report (part 2, page 127)
    • At the end of the week they struck for double pay and got it, because the job had to be done. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:
    • The workers striked for better wages.
  29. (broadly, dated, transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To quit (one's job).
    • It appears that a compositor had been engaged for the Northem Territory Times, and for a considerable time the editor seems to have led a comparatively unruffled existence; till in an evil hour the compositor was smitten with gold fever, and struck work. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 227:
  30. (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
    • The crew struck the set with a ferocity hitherto unseen, an army more valiant in retreat than advance. 1979, Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 8, page 109:
    • “Strike the tent there!”—was the next order. As I hinted before, this whalebone marquee was never pitched except in port; and on board the Pequod, for thirty years, the order to strike the tent was well known to be the next thing to heaving up the anchor. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Merry Christmas”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 113:
  31. (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts. ▸ To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
    • He struck my chains, and gently spake and smiled: As they were loosened by that Hermit old, Mine eyes were of their madness half beguiled, To answer those kind looks. 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 217:
  32. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
    • I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • In February, 1883, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and proceeded north-west to Chʻêng-tu, the capital of the province of Ssŭ-chʻuan, by way of the brine and petroleum wells of Tzŭ-liu-ching....In June, 1884, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and form Ho Chou, a three days' journey to the north of that city, he struck westward through a beautifully cultivated and fertile country to Chia-ting Fu, on the right bank of the Min at its junction with the Tʻung River. 1885 October 8, “The British Association”, in Nature, volume 32, number 832, page 564:
    • They struck off along the river.
  33. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
    • Til a dart ſtrike through his liuer,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 7:23, column 2:
    • For if either the Story move us, or the Actor help the lameneſs of it with his performance, or now and then a glittering beam of wit or paſſion ſtrike through the obſcurity of the Poem, any of theſe are ſufficient to effect a preſent liking[…]. 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 11:
  34. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
    • to strike into reputation;  to strike into a run
  35. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
  36. (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
    • to strike a compromise
    • to strike a truce, to strike an uneasy truce
    • to strike an accord, alliance, ceasefire or armistice
    • to strike a bargain, deal or agreement
    • to strike a balance, to strike a delicate balance between
    • to strike a pact
  37. To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
    • to strike gold
    • Howard Franklin and Henry Madison strike gold on the Fortymile River... 1998, “A Gold Rush Timeline”, in The Brasher Bulletin, volume 10, number 2, page 5:
  38. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
  39. To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  40. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
    • My eye struck a strange word in the text.  They soon struck the trail.
  41. (obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
    • In the teache the subject is still further evaporated, till it is judged sufficiently boiled to be removed from the fire. This operation is usually called striking; (i.e.) lading the liquor, now exceedingly thick, into the cooler. 1793, Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, volume II, London: John Stockdale; republished in englarged and corrected edition, volume III, Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1806, page 46:
  42. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
    • […]Beholde, I thought, He will[…]ſtrike his hand ouer the place, and recouer the leper. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 5:11, columns 2–1:
  43. (UK, dialectal) To apply or rub in liniment or ointment; to anoint.
    • The mother said nothing to this, but gave nurse a certain ointment, with directions that she should strike (i.e. rub) the child's eyes with it. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 302:
  44. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
    • […]Well ſtrooke in yeares,[…] c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 174, column 1:
  45. (transitive) To balance (a ledger or account).
  46. (intransitive, obsolete) To become saturated with salt.
  47. (intransitive, obsolete) To run, or fade in colour.
  48. (US, intransitive, obsolete) To do menial work for an officer.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
striken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part obsolete lexicographic
stroke Tense=Past obsolete lexicographic
struck Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part obsolete lexicographic
struck Tense=Past lexicographic
strake Tense=Past obsolete lexicographic
strikes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
striking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
strook Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part obsolete lexicographic
strook Tense=Past obsolete lexicographic
striked Tense=Past nonstandard lexicographic
strucken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part obsolete lexicographic
stricken Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

sunstrike · strike me lucky · strike off strength · lightning never strikes twice in the same place · fuckstruck · cunt-struck · lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place · poverty-stricken · strike a nerve · dumbstruck · strike a stroke · strike one's colors · strike dumb · misstrike · horror-struck · love-struck · strike me blind · strike lucky · terror-stricken · outstrike · strikee · strike back · strike the colors · heartstricken · strike the flag · thunderstruck · strike in · planet-struck · strike the iron while it's hot · downstrike · strike a lead · strike up · strike hands · counterstrike · strike at the heart of · strikeable · strike fear · moonstruck · strike someone's fancy · gobstruck · strike it lucky · light-struck · sunstricken · strike a bargain · strike tallies · strike camp · strike a light · striker · strike work · strike me pink · strike off · restrike · strike down · strike a blow · striking distance · strike me silly · lightning does not strike twice in the same place · strike a medium · strike someone when they are down · strike a jury · strike gold · strike it rich · overstrike · strike out · strike me up a gum tree · strike a balance · strike a chord · double-struck · panic-strike · unstrike · strike oil · strikefire · awestruck · wonderstruck · strike the tent · strike a false note · strike one's flag · strike while the iron is hot · panic-stricken · stagestruck · flystruck · strike sail · strike through · grief-stricken · star-struck

Descendants

streiken

Synonyms

thump · strike work

Translations (343)

sv slå (to hit) · ka გაფიცვა (to stop working as a form of protest) · eo trafi (to hit) · oc cancelar (to delete) · la feriō (to hit) · es parar el trabajo (to stop working as a form of protest) · it coniare (to manufacture by stamping) · bg стачкувам (to stop working as a form of protest) · es impactar (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · fi koskettaa (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · la cūdō (to hit) · bcl uragan (to hit) · az çalmaq (to hit) · enm stryken (to hit) · ml വെട്ടുക (to delete) · fi pysäyttää (to affect by a sudden impression or impulse) · fi tasata (to balance, as a ledger or account) · bg у́дрям (to hit) · ml അടിയ്ക്കുക (to hit) · sh у̀дарити (to hit) · az çaxmaq (to hit) · uga 𐎎𐎃𐎕 (to hit) · fi kiinnittää huomiota ((figurative) to impinge upon) · nl wissen (to delete) · as কোবোৱা (to hit) · gl borrar (to delete) · izh tappaa (to hit) · es hacer huelga (to stop working as a form of protest) · fr amener (nautical: to surrender) · uk вража́ти (to impress, seem, appear) · nl doorstrepen (to delete) · ru забастова́ть (to stop working as a form of protest) · uk вда́рити (to hit) · la pulsō (to hit) · sk štrajkovať (to stop working as a form of protest) · ca colpejar (to hit) · fi vaikuttaa (to create an impression) · fi lakkoilla (to stop working as a form of protest) · ru вы́черкнуть (to delete) · fi iskeä ((figurative) to impinge upon) · ota چاقمق (to cause to ignite by friction) · ba һуғыу (to cause to sound by one or more beats) · nl staken (to stop working as a form of protest) · be біць (to hit) · bg щамповам (to manufacture by stamping) · es pegar (to hit) · sh štrȁjkati (to stop working as a form of protest) · ru спуска́ть (nautical: to take down) · ru сда́ться (nautical: to surrender) · ang cnossian (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · izh iskiä (to hit) · fi rynnistää (dated: to break forth) · ar ضَرَبَ (to hit) · lo ຕີ (to hit) · akk 𒉺 (to hit) · pt eliminar (to delete) · nl de vlag strijken (nautical: to surrender) · af staak (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi laittaa (to lade into a cooler) · la plangō (to hit) · fr faire grève (to stop working as a form of protest) · pt parecer (to impress, seem, appear) · bg попадам ((figurative) to impinge upon) · pt acertar (to hit) · fi ryöstää (to take forcibly or fraudulently) · eo bati (to hit) · prg buktun (to hit) · st hlakola (to delete) · sv slå (to cause to sound by one or more beats) · mk у́дри (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · fi lyödä (to manufacture by stamping) · bn আঘাত (to hit) · no slå (to impress, seem, appear) · fi iskeä (to score) · mk у́дри (to hit) · es impresionar (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · fr frapper (to manufacture by stamping) · es sobrevenir ((figurative) to impinge upon) · ba һуғыу (to hit) · bg задрасквам (to delete) · bg драсвам (to cause to ignite by friction) · ru убра́ть (nautical: to take down) · fi iskeä (to hit) · sv slå (to manufacture by stamping) · grc πλήσσω (to hit) · be ўда́рыць (to hit) · yi שלאָגן (to hit) · bg прибирам (nautical: to take down) · fr barrer (to delete) · es huelguear (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi vaikuttaa (to impress, seem, appear) · hu kitöröl (to delete) · th ตี (to hit) · sv slå (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · ga dul ar stailc (to stop working as a form of protest) · el εντυπωσιάζω (to impress, seem, appear) · ga téigh i bhfeidhm ar (to impress, seem, appear) · ja 攻撃する (to hit) · ru потрясти́ (to impress, seem, appear) · fi räväyttää (to cause or produce by a stroke) · es sorprender (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · pl trafiać (to hit) · es sacudir (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · grc παίω (to hit) · cy streicio (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi iskeä (to act suddenly) · mk би́е (to hit) · it sembrare (to impress, seem, appear) · mi porotū (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi tunkea (to thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate) · ru зачеркну́ть (to delete) · uk би́ти (to hit) · es acuñar (to manufacture by stamping) · ta படு (to hit) · bg идва ми на ум (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · gl golpear (to hit) · sv strejka (to stop working as a form of protest) · ru поража́ть (to impress, seem, appear) · fi laskea (nautical: to take down) · gag çakmaa (to cause to ignite by friction) · hy ջնջել (to delete) · ota چالمق (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · no ramme (to hit) · be удара́ць (to hit) · fi laskea lippu (nautical: to surrender) · es golpear (to hit) · uk страйкува́ти (to stop working as a form of protest) · ba һуғыу (to manufacture by stamping) · fi ajaa karille (dated: to run upon a rock or bank) · gl zorregar (to hit) · nl raken (to hit) · sq qëlloj (to hit) · nl slaan (to manufacture by stamping) · ota چالمق (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to) · hy հարվածել (to hit) · ru вычёркивать (to delete) · ru потряса́ть (to impress, seem, appear) · de schlagen (to hit) · fi lyödä (to sound by percussion) · bg поразявам (to punish; to afflict; to smite) · fi yllättää (to affect by a sudden impression or impulse) · gl apancar (to hit) · tr vurmak (to hit) · fr frapper (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · enm swyngen (to hit) · es parecer (to impress, seem, appear) · ru зачёркивать (to delete) · af slaan (to hit) · bg бия (to hit) · vi đánh (to hit) · mi muru (to delete) · fr rayer (to delete) · ne ठोक्नु (to hit) · pt deletar (to delete) · sv anslå (to sound by percussion) · oc escafar (to delete) · fi lyödä (to punish; to afflict; to smite) · fr affaler (nautical: to take down) · cy bathu (to manufacture by stamping) · no stryke (to delete) · fr biffer (to delete) · uk закре́слювати (to delete) · mh bait (to hit) · pt golpear (to hit) · ru бастова́ть (to stop working as a form of protest) · ru ударя́ть (to hit) · mi pāike (to hit) · sv slå (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · bg пронизвам (to thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate) · fr frapper ((figurative) to impinge upon) · ro bate (to hit) · es descubrir (to make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion) · uk викре́слювати (to delete) · es ocurrirse (to impress, seem, appear) · gl riscar (to delete) · es borrar (to delete) · oc esfaçar (to delete) · el διαγράφω (to delete) · fi sopia (to make and ratify) · fi iskeä (to carry out a violent or illegal action) · ang cnyssan (to hit) · chr ᎬᏂᎭ (to hit) · da gennemstrege (to delete) · fr frapper (to impress, seem, appear) · ro grevă (to stop working as a form of protest) · gl zoupar (to hit) · fi hakata (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · ja 打つ (to hit) · sv slå till (to act suddenly) · nl uitwissen (to delete) · de scheinen (to impress, seem, appear) · gl zoscar (to hit) · it cancellare (to delete) · be ўдара́ць (to hit) · lt trenkti (to hit) · fi purkaa (to dismantle and take away) · izh peeksää (to hit) · ru бить (to hit) · sq hi (gheg) (to hit) · km ធ្វើកូដកម្ម (to stop working as a form of protest) · az çırpmaq (to hit) · nrf porter un coup (to hit) · ga smiot (to hit) · no streike (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi kiinnittyä (of oysters: to become attached to something) · ga failp (to hit) · ru сдава́ться (nautical: to surrender) · fi poistaa (to delete) · pl strajkować (to stop working as a form of protest) · izh issuttaa (to hit) · fr frapper (to hit) · fi lähteä kulkemaan (to set off on a walk or trip) · xal цокх (to hit) · pt impressionar (nautical: to surrender) · fi takoa (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · ba терәлеү (dated: to run upon a rock or bank) · fr frapper (to create an impression) · sv träffa (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to) · sv slå (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to) · nds-de slaan (to hit) · lg okwekalakaasa (to delete) · fr frapper (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · ba һыҙыу (to delete) · fi koskea (to touch; to act by appulse) · fi tasata (to level measure with a straight instrument) · ru отчека́нить (to manufacture by stamping) · km បះ (to stop working as a form of protest) · id tabrak (to hit) · fi lyödä (to hit) · mi tiu (to hit) · id menabrak (to hit) · fr battre (to cause to sound by one or more beats) · fi iskeä (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to) · vi bãi công (to stop working as a form of protest) · sq mëshoj (to hit) · ru убира́ть (nautical: to take down) · az vurmaq (to hit) · ru чека́нить (to manufacture by stamping) · mi whakaruke (to hit) · fi lyödä maahan (to affect by a sudden impression or impulse) · it colpire (to hit) · nl schijnen (to impress, seem, appear) · vi đình công (to stop working as a form of protest) · sh ùdariti (to hit) · sv slå (to impress, seem, appear) · izh kleittää (to hit) · bg правя впечатление (to create an impression) · ga buail (to hit) · fi iskeä (masonry: to cut off even with the face of the wall) · fr battre (to hit) · es propinar (to hit) · bg чеканя (to manufacture by stamping) · gd buail (to hit) · es tachar (to delete) · fi liikuttaa (to stroke or pass lightly; to wave) · pt parecer (nautical: to surrender) · fi vipata (slang, archaic: to borrow money from; to make a demand upon) · eo frapi (to hit) · sa तुदति (to hit) · ota چاقمق (to cause or produce by a stroke) · it scioperare (to stop working as a form of protest) · mi muku (to delete) · cmn 打擊 /打击 (to hit) · bn কেটে ফেলা (to delete) · gl cancelar (to delete) · be уда́рыць (to hit) · izh napsuttaa (to hit) · sq gju (to hit) · mk за́чкрта (to delete) · no slå (to hit) · ru уда́рить (to hit) · eo striki (to stop working as a form of protest) · as পিটা (to hit) · fi raapaista (to cause to ignite by friction) · it arrendersi (nautical: to surrender) · fi lyödä (to cause to sound by one or more beats) · st seteraeka (to stop working as a form of protest) · el υποστέλλω (nautical: to surrender) · fi mykistää (to affect by a sudden impression or impulse) · ru спусти́ть (nautical: to take down) · cs stávkovat (to stop working as a form of protest) · fi iskeä (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · af uitwis (to delete) · fi lävistää (to pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate) · he הִכָּה (to hit) · st shapa (to hit) · de streiken (to stop working as a form of protest) · es arriar (nautical: to surrender) · be пабі́ць (to hit) · el απεργώ (to stop working as a form of protest) · mh bait (transitive: to give, as a blow; to give force to) · dsb biś (to hit) · pt fazer greve (to stop working as a form of protest) · el χτυπώ (to hit) · bg удрям (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · fi varastaa (slang, obsolete: to steal money) · ka გადახაზვა (to delete) · fr baisser pavillon (nautical: to surrender) · hu üt (to hit) · he שָׁבַת (to stop working as a form of protest) · jam lick (to hit) · nl treffen (to hit) · gd buail air (to impress, seem, appear) · es asestar (to hit) · io frapar (to hit) · ja 消す (to delete) · ba юйыу (to delete) · el πλήττω (intransitive: to deliver a quick blow or thrust) · sga benaid (to hit) · af slaan (to manufacture by stamping) · gl bater (to hit) · grc τύπτω (to hit) · io batar (to hit) · as কাটি পেলোৱা (to delete) · hy խփել (to hit) · es bajar (nautical: to surrender) · nl slaan (to hit) · fi sattua (to hit upon, or light upon, suddenly) · az qaxmaq (to hit) · bg изглеждам (to impress, seem, appear) · izh löövvä (to hit) · am አደመ (to stop working as a form of protest) · pt excluir (to delete) · da overstrege (to delete) · bg спускам (nautical: to take down) · cs připadnout (to impress, seem, appear) · fa زدن (to hit) · km វាយ (to hit) · fi koskettaa ((figurative) to impinge upon) · de die Fahne streichen (nautical: to surrender) · cy taro (to hit) · ota چالمق (to hit) · az silmək (to delete) · sv stryka (to delete) · de streichen (to delete) · izh kommia (to hit) · mi auporo (to stop working as a form of protest) · gl bourar (to hit) · ja ストライキを起こす (to stop working as a form of protest) · sv anslå (to cause to sound by one or more beats) · ru порази́ть (to impress, seem, appear) · sh штра̏јкати (to stop working as a form of protest) · de prägen (to manufacture by stamping)