strike
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
ball-games
baseball
bowling
business
construction
crafts
cricket
finance
fishing
games
geography
geology
government
hobbies
ironworking
lifestyle
manufacturing
masonry
media
military
natural-sciences
nautical
philately
politics
printing
publishing
sports
sugar-making
transport
war
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.
Inflected forms:
form: strikes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: struck
pos: verb
tags: past
form: striked
pos: verb
tags: nonstandard
past
form: strook
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: stroke
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: strake
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: struck
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: stricken
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: strucken
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: strook
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
participle
past
form: strikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
pos: verb
tags: sometimes
transitive
examples: Please strike the last sentence.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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,[…]
The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And they ſhall take of the blood and ſtrike it on the two ſide poſtes,[…]
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Nay when? ſtrike now, or elſe the Iron cooles.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We will strike a medal in your honour.
[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.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: The ship struck in the night.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The clock struck twelve.  The drums strike up a march.
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.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to strike a light
And waving wide her mirtle wand / She ſtrikes a univerſall Peace through Sea and Land.
gloss: To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to strike a match
gloss: To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A tree strikes its roots deep.
gloss: To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Alſo to puniſh the iuſt is not good, nor to ſtrike princes for equitie.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda.  Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The news struck a sombre chord.
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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
examples: 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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
examples: to strike the mind with surprise;  to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
In like manner the writings of mere men[…]strike and surprise us most upon our first perusal of them[…].
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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
examples: The proposed plan strikes me favourably.
I was struck dumb with astonishment.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: UK
intransitive
obsolete
slang
examples: Now we haue well bousd, let vs strike some chete.
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.
gloss: To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
slang
examples: I must borrow money, / And that some call a striking; [...]
gloss: To touch; to act by appulse.
pos: verb
examples: Let us conſider the red and white colours in Porphyre: Hinder light, but from ſtriking on it, and its Colours vaniſh[…].
gloss: To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Of course, almost any fool could strike a fish if it lay quiet in very shallow water.
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
transitive
examples: The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
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.
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
intransitive
transitive
examples: 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 […]
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
dated
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “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.
The crew struck the set with a ferocity hitherto unseen, an army more valiant in retreat than advance.
gloss: To take down, especially in the following contexts.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To set off on a walk or trip.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: They struck off along the river.
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.
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.
gloss: To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Til a dart ſtrike through his liuer,[…]
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[…].
gloss: To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
pos: verb
tags: dated
examples: to strike into reputation;  to strike into a run
gloss: To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to strike a bargain, deal or agreement
to strike a compromise
to strike a pact
to strike a truce, to strike an uneasy truce
to strike an accord, alliance, ceasefire or armistice
to strike a balance, to strike a delicate balance between
gloss: To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
pos: verb
examples: to strike gold
Howard Franklin and Henry Madison strike gold on the Fortymile River...
gloss: To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
pos: verb
gloss: To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
pos: verb
gloss: To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
pos: verb
examples: My eye struck a strange word in the text.  They soon struck the trail.
gloss: To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
pos: verb
examples: […]Beholde, I thought, He will[…]ſtrike his hand ouer the place, and recouer the leper.
gloss: To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: […]Well ſtrooke in yeares,[…]
gloss: To balance (a ledger or account).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To become saturated with salt.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To run, or fade in colour.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To do menial work for an officer.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
obsolete
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
pos: noun
gloss: A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
pos: noun
gloss: A blow or application of physical force against something.
pos: noun
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,[…]
[…] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
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
gloss: An attack, not necessarily physical.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: air strike; first strike
gloss: In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
pos: noun
gloss: An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.
gloss: The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
pos: noun
examples: The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
gloss: The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
pos: noun
gloss: The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: a strike of malt; a strike of coin
gloss: Excellence; quality.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
obsolete
examples: […]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.
gloss: An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
pos: noun
gloss: A puddler's stirrer.
pos: noun
gloss: The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: The discovery of a source of something.
pos: noun
examples: 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).
gloss: The strike plate of a door.
pos: noun
gloss: A nibble on the bait by a fish.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A cancellation postmark.
pos: noun
gloss: An imperfect matrix for type.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Derived words: awestruck
counterstrike
cunt-struck
double-struck
dumbstruck
flystruck
fuckstruck
gobstruck
grief-stricken
heartstricken
horror-struck
lightning does not strike twice in the same place
lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place
lightning never strikes twice in the same place
light-struck
love-struck
misstrike
moonstruck
outstrike
overstrike
panic-stricken
panic-strike
planet-struck
poverty-stricken
restrike
stagestruck
star-struck
strike a balance
strike a bargain
strikeable
strike a blow
strike a chord
strike a false note
strike a jury
strike a lead
strike a light
strike a medium
strike a nerve
strike a stroke
strike at the heart of
strike back
strike down
strike dumb
strikee
strike fear
strikefire
strike gold
strike hands
strike in
strike it lucky
strike it rich
strike lucky
strike me blind
strike me lucky
strike me pink
strike me silly
strike me up a gum tree
strike off
strike off strength
strike oil
strike one's colors
strike one's flag
strike out
strike sail
strike someone's fancy
strike someone when they are down
strike tallies
strike the colors
strike the flag
strike the iron while it's hot
strike the tent
strike through
strike up
strike while the iron is hot
strike work
striking distance
sunstricken
sunstrike
terror-stricken
thunderstruck
unstrike
wonderstruck
downstrike
strike camp
striker
air strike
airstrike
alpha strike
anti-strike
antistrike
bird strike
birdstrike
bridge strike
checkerboard strike
climate strike
compliance strike
copystrike
deadbolt strike
decapitation strike
doublestrike
farm the strike
February strike
first strike
flamestrike
flystrike
footstrike
general strike
go on strike
hate strike
heelstrike
hunger strike
Italian strike
latch strike
lightning strike
multistrike
one strike and you're out
on strike
poststrike
precision F-strike
preemptive strike
prestrike
prostrike
rampstrike
relay strike
rent strike
second strike
sex strike
signature strike
sit-down strike
splendid first strike
strike action
strikebound
strike bowler
strikebreak
strike-break
strikebreaker
strikebreaking
strike-breaking
strike breaking
strike force
strikeforce
strike insurance
strike jamb
strikeless
strikelike
strikelist
strike measure
strikeover
strike partner
strike plate
strike price
strike rate
strike sheet
strike-slip fault
strike-stick
strike suit
strike team
Striketober
student strike
superstrike
surgical strike
sympathy strike
tailstrike
ten-strike
third strike
three strikes
thunderstrike
token strike
trickle
upstrike
wildcat strike
wingstrike
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: спускам
roman: spuskam
lang: Bulgarian
word: прибирам
roman: pribiram
lang: Finnish
word: laskea
lang: French
word: affaler
lang: Russian
word: спусти́ть
roman: spustítʹ
lang: Russian
word: спуска́ть
roman: spuskátʹ
lang: Russian
word: убира́ть
roman: ubirátʹ
lang: Russian
word: убра́ть
roman: ubrátʹ
lang: Dutch
word: de vlag strijken
lang: Finnish
word: laskea lippu
lang: French
word: baisser pavillon
lang: French
word: amener
lang: German
word: die Fahne streichen
lang: Greek
word: υποστέλλω
roman: ypostéllo
lang: Italian
word: arrendersi
lang: Portuguese
word: impressionar
lang: Portuguese
word: parecer
lang: Russian
word: сдава́ться
roman: sdavátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: сда́ться
roman: sdátʹsja
lang: Spanish
word: arriar
lang: Spanish
word: bajar
lang: Catalan
word: ple
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 全倒
lang: Danish
word: strike
lang: Dutch
word: strike
lang: Finnish
word: kaato
lang: French
word: strike
lang: German
word: Strike
lang: Japanese
word: ストライク
roman: sutoraiku
lang: Korean
word: 스트라이크
roman: seuteuraikeu
lang: Portuguese
word: strike
lang: Russian
word: страйк
roman: strajk
lang: Spanish
word: chuza
lang: Spanish
word: pleno
lang: Spanish
word: moñona
lang: Swedish
word: strike