1. v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
2. v. (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
3. v. To hit.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
4. v. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
5. v. (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
6. v. To manufacture, as by stamping.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
7. v. (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
The ship struck in the night.
8. v. 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
The clock struck twelve. The drums strike up a march.
9. v. (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
10. v. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
to strike a light
11. v. To cause to ignite by friction.
to strike a match
12. v. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
A tree strikes its roots deep.
13. v. (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
14. v. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
15. v. (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
16. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.
17. v. (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
18. v. (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
19. v. To impress, seem or appear (to).
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
20. v. To create an impression.
The news struck a sombre chord.
21. v. (sports) To score a goal.
22. v. (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal money.
23. v. (transitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To take forcibly or fraudulently.
to strike money
24. v. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
25. v. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
The proposed plan strikes me favourably. May the Lord strike down those sinners! I was struck dumb with astonishment.
26. v. (slang) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
He struck a friend for five dollars.
27. v. To touch; to act by appulse.
28. v. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
29. v. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
30. v. (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
31. v. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
32. v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
They struck off along the river.
33. v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
34. v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
to strike into reputation; to strike into a run
35. v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
36. v. To make and ratify.
to strike a bargain
37. v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
38. v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
39. v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail.
40. v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
41. v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
42. v. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
43. v. To balance (a ledger or account).
44. n. (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.
45. n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
46. n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
47. n. A blow or application of physical force against something.
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, ...
48. n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
49. n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
50. n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
* The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
51. n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
52. n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
53. n. 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.
54. n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
55. n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
56. n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
57. n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
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