Meaning of strike | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. 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.
3. To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate
4. The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
5. Engaged in a work stoppage: Most of the employees were on strike.
6. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. To hit
7. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
8. To conclude a bargain or reach an agreement.
9. To hit
10. A blow or application of physical force against something.
11. To have sudden financial success.
12. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast
13. To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one:counter, hit back, reciprocate, retaliate, retort.
14. An attack, not necessarily physical.
    broadly
15. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows
16. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, throw.
17. In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
18. To proceed in a specified direction:bear, go, head, make, set out.
19. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
    historical
20. noticeable or impressive. She is tall and striking; She wears striking clothes. indrukwekkend لافِت للنَّظَر، مُدْهِش забележителен notável nápadný auffallend slående; iøjnefaldende εντυπωσιακός, χτυπητόςllamativo; impresionante, sorprendente silmatorkav بسيار جالب huomiota herättävä frappant מַדהִים प्रभावशाली očit, napadan feltűnő mengesankan eftirtektarverður (che fa colpo) 目立つ 이목을 끄는, 현저한 pritrenkiantis, áspûdingas iespaidīgs; uzkrītošs yang menonjol opvallendoppsiktsvekkende, usedvanlig ...
21. The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
22. indrukwekkend بصورةٍ مُدْهِشَه поразително extraordinariamente pozoruhodně auffallend slående; iøjefaldende εντυπωσιακά de manera llamativa; de manera impresionante/sorprendente silmatorkavalt, rabavalt بطرز چشم گير sattuvasti remarquablement בְּאוֹפֶן מַדהִים आश्चर्यजनकतापूर्वक, प्रभावशाली ढंग से napadno feltűnően secara mengesankan á eftirtektarverðan hátt straordinariamente 目立って 인상적으로 įspūdingai, efektingai iespaidīgi; uzkrītoši dengan menonjol opvallenoppsiktsvekkende uderzająco په زړه را...
23. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
24. (of workers) to be striking. The electricity workers are (out) on strike. staak مُضْرِب стачкувам estar em greve být ve stávce im Ausstand sein være i strejke απεργώ estar en huelga streikima در اعتصاب بودن olla lakossa être en grève לִשבוֹת हड़ताल पर होना štrajkati sztrájkol melakukan pemogokan vera í verkfalli essere in sciopero ストライキ中で 파업 중이다 streikuoti streikot mogok in staking zijn være i streikstrajkować په اعتصاب کی اوسیدل estar em greve a fi în grevă бастовать štrajkovať stavkati štra...
25. The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
26. (of a trade union leader etc) to ask workers to strike. staking uitroep يَدعو الى الإضْراب обявявам стачка chamar para greve vyzvat ke stávce zum Streik aufrufen opfordre til strejke κηρύσσω απεργία convocar una huelga streigile üles kutsuma درخواست اعتصاب käynnistää lakko lancer un ordre de grève לְהַכרִיז שְׁבִיתָה हड़ताल का आह्वान करना pozvati na štrajk sztrájkra felszólít menyerukan pemogokan boða verkfall proclamare uno sciopero ストライキを指令する 파업 지령을 내리다 paskelbti streiką izsludināt streiku ...
    etc
27. 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.
28. Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
    obsolete
29. Excellence; quality.
    broadly, obsolete
30. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
31. A puddler's stirrer.
32. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
    obsolete
33. The discovery of a source of something.
34. The strike plate of a door.
35. A nibble on the bait by a fish.
36. A cancellation postmark.
37. An imperfect matrix for type.
    historical

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Examples

“It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.”

“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,[…]”

“[…] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.”

“He's got machine guns and hatchets and swords / And some missiles and foods with trans-fats / He will unleash mass destruction, you're dead / You just got smashed... by the ¶ Attack of the Wrath of the / War of the Death of the / Strike of the Sword of the / Blood... of the Beast”

“air strike; first strike”

“The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel.”

“The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.”

“a strike of malt; a strike of coin”

“[…]our cellarer shall have orders to deliver to thee a butt of sack, a runlet of Malvesie, and three hogsheads of ale of the first strike, yearly—If that will not quench thy thirst, thou must come to court, and become acquainted with my butler.”

“The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).”

“I must admit that my focus was divided, which limited my fishing success. I made a few casts, then arranged my inanimate subjects and took photos. When my indicator went down on my first strike, I cleanly missed the hook up.”

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