STRIKE

Definition of STRIKE

  1. (verb)deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
  2. (verb)have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  3. (verb)hit against; come into sudden contact with
  4. (verb)make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
  5. (verb)indicate (a certain time) by striking
  6. (verb)affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
  7. (verb)stop work in order to press demands
  8. (verb)touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  9. (verb)attain
  10. (verb)produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
  11. (verb)cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
  12. (verb)find unexpectedly
  13. (verb)produce by ignition or a blow
  14. (verb)remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  15. (verb)cause to experience suddenly
  16. (verb)drive something violently into a location
  17. (verb)occupy or take on
  18. (verb)disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
  19. (verb)form by stamping, punching, or printing
  20. (verb)smooth with a strickle
  21. (verb)pierce with force
  22. (verb)hook by a pull on the line
  23. (verb)arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
  24. (noun)a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
  25. (noun)an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
  26. (noun)a gentle blow
  27. (noun)a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
  28. (noun)(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
  29. (noun)a conspicuous success