Sekirov Dictionary

strike

/stɹaɪk/

noun21

  1. A blow or application of physical force against something.
  2. a protest in which workers all stop working at the same time
  3. An attack, not necessarily physical.
  4. 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.
  5. The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
  6. The discovery of a source of something.
  7. In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
  8. The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
  9. A nibble on the bait by a fish.
  10. The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
  11. The strike plate of a door.
  12. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
  13. A cancellation postmark.
  14. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
  15. 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.
  16. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  17. A puddler's stirrer.
  18. (historical) An imperfect matrix for type.
  19. (no longer used) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
  20. (no longer used) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
  21. (no longer used) Excellence; quality.

verb51

  1. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
  2. To hit.
  3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
  4. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
  5. (old-fashioned) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
  6. To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
  7. To impress, seem or appear to (a person).
  8. To carry out a violent or illegal action.
  9. To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
  10. (figurative) To impinge upon.
  11. To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
  12. To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
  13. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
  14. 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.
  15. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
  16. To create an impression.
  17. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
  18. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
  19. To manufacture, as by stamping.
  20. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
  21. To cause to ignite by friction.
  22. To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
  23. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
  24. To set off on a walk or trip.
  25. To score a goal.
  26. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
  27. To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
  28. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
  29. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
  30. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
  31. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
  32. To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
  33. To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
  34. (old-fashioned) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
  35. (old-fashioned) To quit (one's job).
  36. To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
  37. To touch; to act by appulse.
  38. To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
  39. To balance (a ledger or account).
  40. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
  41. To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  42. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
  43. To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
  44. (dialect, UK) To apply or rub in liniment or ointment; to anoint.
  45. (slang, no longer used) To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
  46. (slang, no longer used) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
  47. (no longer used) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
    • […]Well strooke in yeares,[…] — 1593
  48. (no longer used) To run, or fade in colour.
  49. (no longer used) To become saturated with salt.
  50. (US, no longer used) To do menial work for an officer.
  51. (no longer used) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
forms

strook · strake · striked · stroke · struck · struckest · stricken · striken · strooken · strucken · striking · strikes · striketh · strikest

Phrases with strike

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