strike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹaɪk/
ipa: /stiː.ɹaɪk/
ipa: [stiː.ɹ̠ʌɪ̯k(ʰ)]
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: strikes
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1996, Lyle Lovett, “Her First Mistake”, in The Road to Ensenada:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
synonyms: walkout#Noun
antonyms: industrial peace
lockout#Noun
non-strike
nonstrike
hypernyms: labor action
industrial action
coordinate_terms: go-slow#Noun
slowdown#Noun
stayaway#Noun
stayout#Noun
work-to-rule
glosses: A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
examples: text: 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,[…]
ref: 1990, Chris Traish, Leigh Olsson, An Overview of Martial Arts, page 14:
text: […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
ref: 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes:
text: 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
ref: 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:
glosses: A blow or application of physical force against something.
examples: text: air strike; first strike
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An attack, not necessarily physical.
topics: business
finance
glosses: In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
examples: text: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
ref: 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 207:
glosses: An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
examples: text: The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
glosses: The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: a strike of malt; a strike of coin
glosses: Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
examples: text: […]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.
ref: 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:
glosses: Excellence; quality.
glosses: An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
ironworking
lifestyle
glosses: A puddler's stirrer.
glosses: The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
examples: text: 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).
ref: 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
glosses: The discovery of a source of something.
glosses: The strike plate of a door.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014, Michael Gorman, Effective Stillwater Fly Fishing, page 87:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A nibble on the bait by a fish.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A cancellation postmark.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An imperfect matrix for type.
Derived terms: airstrike
air strike
alpha strike
anti-strike
antistrike
bird strike
birdstrike
bridge strike
checkerboard strike
climate strike
compliance strike
deadbolt strike
decapitation strike
farm the strike
February strike
first strike
general strike
go on strike
hate strike
heelstrike
hunger strike
Italian strike
latch strike
lightning strike
one strike and you're out
on strike
precision F-strike
preemptive strike
rampstrike
relay strike
rent strike
second strike
sex strike
signature strike
sit-down strike
splendid first strike
strike action
strike bowler
strike-break
strike breaking
strike-breaking
strike camp
strike force
strike insurance
strike jamb
strike measure
strike partner
strike plate
strike price
striker
strike rate
strike sheet
strike-slip fault
strike-stick
strike suit
strike team
student strike
surgical strike
sympathy strike
tailstrike
ten-strike
third strike
three strikes
token strike
wildcat strike
wingstrike