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      strike
      noun
      (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.
      (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
      A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
      A blow or application of physical force against something.
      (military, by extension) An attack, not necessarily physical.
      (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
      (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
      The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
      (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
      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.
      An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
      (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
      The discovery of a source of something.
      The strike plate of a door.
      (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
      (philately) A cancellation postmark.
      A surname.
      (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
      (obsolete) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
      (obsolete, by extension) Excellence; quality.
      (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
      (printing, historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
      verb
      (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
      To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
      (transitive) To hit.
      (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
      (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
      (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
      (transitive) 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.
      (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
      (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
      (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
      (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
      To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
      (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
      (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
      (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
      (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon.
      (transitive) To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
      (transitive) To create an impression.
      (sports) To score a goal.
      To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
      To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
      To touch; to act by appulse.
      (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
      (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
      (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
      (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
      (intransitive, by extension) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
      To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
      To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
      (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
      (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
      (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
      (transitive) To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
      To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
      To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
      (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
      To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
      To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
      (transitive, finance) To balance (a ledger or account).
      (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
      (transitive, dated, by extension) To quit (one's job).
      (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
      (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
      (slang, archaic) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
      (sugar-making, obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
      (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To become saturated with salt.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To run, or fade in colour.
      (intransitive, US, obsolete) To do menial work for an officer.
      Synonyms for strike
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      Words related to strike
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