verb strikes, striking, struck 1. to deliver (a blow or stroke) to (a person)
2. to come or cause to come into sudden or violent contact (with)
3. (transitive) to make an attack on
4. to produce (fire, sparks, etc) or (of fire, sparks, etc) to be produced by ignition
5. to cause (a match) to light by friction or (of a match) to be lighted
6. to press (the key of a piano, organ, etc) or to sound (a specific note) in this or a similar way
7. to indicate (a specific time) by the sound of a hammer striking a bell or by any other percussive sound
8. (of a venomous snake) to cause injury by biting
9. (transitive) to affect or cause to affect deeply, suddenly, or radically, as if by dealing a blow: her appearance struck him as strange, I was struck on his art
10. (past part) struck, stricken, (transitive; passive) usually foll by with. to render incapable or nearly so: she was stricken with grief
11. (transitive) to enter the mind of: it struck me that he had become very quiet
12. (past part) struck, stricken. to render: I was struck dumb
13. (transitive) to be perceived by; catch: the glint of metal struck his eye
14. to arrive at or come upon (something), esp suddenly or unexpectedly: to strike the path for home, to strike upon a solution
15. (intransitive) sometimes foll by out. to set (out) or proceed, esp upon a new course: to strike for the coast
16. (transitive; usually passive) to afflict with a disease, esp unexpectedly: he was struck with polio when he was six
17. (transitive) to discover or come upon a source of (ore, petroleum, etc)
18. (transitive) (of a plant) to produce or send down (a root or roots)
19. (transitive) to take apart or pack up; break (esp in the phrase strike camp)
20. (transitive) to take down or dismantle (a stage set, formwork, etc)
21. (
transitive) (
nautical)
- to lower or remove (a specified piece of gear)
- to haul down or dip (a flag, sail, etc) in salute or in surrender
- to lower (cargo, etc) into the hold of a ship
22. to attack (an objective) with the intention of causing damage to, seizing, or destroying it
23. to impale the hook in the mouth of (a fish) by suddenly tightening or jerking the line after the bait or fly has been taken
24. (transitive) to form or impress (a coin, metal, etc) by or as if by stamping
25. to level (a surface) by use of a flat board
26. (transitive) to assume or take up (an attitude, posture, etc)
27. (intransitive) (of workers in a factory, etc) to cease work collectively as a protest against working conditions, low pay, etc
28. (transitive) to reach by agreement: to strike a bargain
29. (
transitive) to form (a jury, esp a special jury) by cancelling certain names among those nominated for jury service until only the requisite number remains
See also special jury 30. (transitive) (rowing) to make (a certain number of strokes) per minute: Oxford were striking 38
31. to make a stroke or kick in swimming
32. (transitive) (in Malaysia) to win (a lottery or raffle)
33. strike home - to deliver an effective blow
- to achieve the intended effect
34. strike it lucky, strike lucky, to have some good luck
35. (
informal)
strike it rich - to discover an extensive deposit of a mineral, petroleum, etc
- to have an unexpected financial success
noun 36. an act or instance of striking
37. a cessation of work by workers in a factory, industry, etc, as a protest against working conditions or low pay: the workers are on strike again
38. a military attack, esp an air attack on a surface target: air strike
39. (baseball) a pitched ball judged good but missed or not swung at, three of which cause a batter to be out
40. (
tenpin bowling)
Also called ten-strike - the act or an instance of knocking down all the pins with the first bowl of a single frame
- the score thus made Compare spare (sense 17)
41. a sound made by striking
42. the mechanism that makes a clock strike
43. the discovery of a source of ore, petroleum, etc
44. the horizontal direction of a fault, rock stratum, etc, which is perpendicular to the direction of the dip
45. (angling) the act or an instance of striking
46. the number of coins or medals made at one time
48. (informal) an unexpected or complete success, esp one that brings financial gain
49. (cricket) take strike, (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler