English
Pronunciation
IPA|/stɻaɪk/
audio|en-us-strike.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|strikes|striking|struck|struck or stricken
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
#: Please strike the last sentence.
- To hit.
#: Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.
- To stop working to achieve better working conditions.
#: The workers struck for a week before the new contract went through.
- obsolete To surrender (strike one's colors)
- To impress, seem or appear.
#: Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
#: ''We will strike a medal in your honour
- nautical To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo etc
- nautical To capitulate: to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
Derived terms
strike out baseball and slang
Translations
trans-top|to delete
Finnish: t+|fi|poistaa
German: t+|de|streichen
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Malayalam: വ������ (vettuka)
Portuguese: t+|pt|eliminar, t+|pt|deletar, t+|pt|excluir
Russian: в����кива�� (vy�órkivat') impf, в��е�кн��� (vý�erknut') pf, за���кива�� (za�órkivat') impf, за�е�кн��� (za�erknút') pf
Spanish: t+|es|tachar
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trans-top|to hit
Finnish: t+|fi|lyödä
French: t+|fr|frapper, t+|fr|battre
German: t+|de|schlagen
Indonesian: t+|id|menabrak|xsIndonesian, t+|id|tabrak|xsIndonesian
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Malayalam: ��ിയ������ (atiykkuka)
Old Prussian: buktun
Portuguese: t+|pt|acertar, t+|pt|golpear
Russian: би�� (bit') impf, �да���� (udar'át') impf, �да�и�� (udárit') pf
Spanish: t+|es|golpear
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trans-top|to stop working to achieve better working conditions
Finnish: lakkoilla
German: t+|de|streiken
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Portuguese: parar, paralizar
Russian: ба��ова�� (bastovát') impf, заба��ова�� (zabastovát') pf
Spanish: parar (el trabajo) pf
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trans-top|to surrender
German: die Fahne streichen
Portuguese: t+|pt|impressionar, t+|pt|parecer
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Russian: �дава���� (sdavát's'a) impf, �да���� (sdát's'a) pf
Spanish: arriar, bajar
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trans-top|to impress, to seem
Finnish: t+|fi|vaikuttaa
German: t+|de|scheinen
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Russian: поÑ�ажаÑ�Ñ� (poražát') impf, поÑ�азиÑ�Ñ� (porazÃt') pf, поÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�аÑ�Ñ� (potr'asát') impf, поÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�и (potr'astÃ) pf
Spanish: ocurrirse
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trans-top|to make a medal etc
Finnish: lyödä mitali
Italian: t-|it|coniare
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Russian: �екани�� (�ekánit') impf, о��екани�� (ot�ekánit') pf
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trans-top|nautical
Finnish: t+|fi|laskea
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Russian: Ñ�пÑ�Ñ�Ñ�иÑ�Ñ� (spustÃt') impf, Ñ�пÑ�Ñ�каÑ�Ñ� (spuskát') pf, Ñ�биÑ�аÑ�Ñ� (ubirát') impf, Ñ�бÑ�аÑ�Ñ� (ubrát') pf
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ttbc|Dutch: doorhalen (1), slaan (2), toeslaan (2)
ttbc|Esperanto: forigi (1), frapi (2), bati (2), striki (3)
ttbc|French: rayer (1), barrer (1), faire la grève, se mettre en grève (3)
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ttbc|Indonesian: tubruk|menubruk, serang|menyerang
ttbc|Japanese: ���� (������, k�geki-suru)
ttbc|Old English: hnossian (2)
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Noun
en-noun
- baseball a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or having a pitch pass over home plate at a height between a batter's shoulders and knees, or hitting a ball into foul territory without being caught
- (bowling) the act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame
- a work stoppage
- a blow or application of physical force against something
- finance In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
#: Quotations
#:* 1882: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207.
- cricket the status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at
Derived terms
sit-down strike
striker
strike out baseball, + slang
Translations
trans-top|in bowling
Finnish: kaato
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trans-top|work stoppage
Arabic: ARchar|اضراب unicode|(�i�rá:b)
Breton: harz-labour
Chinese: 罷工, 罢工 (bà g�ng)
Croatian: t-|hr|Å¡trajk|m
Czech: t+|cs|stávka|f
Dutch: t+|nl|staking
Esperanto: striko
Finnish: t-|fi|lakko
French: t+|fr|grève|f
German: t+|de|Streik|m
Hungarian: t+|hu|sztrájk
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Italian: t+|it|sciopero
Japanese: ã�¹ã��ã�©ã�¤ã� (sutoraiki)
Korean: �� (pa-eop)
Malayalam: സമര� (samaram)
Portuguese: greve f (3), ataque m (4)
Russian: заба��овка (zabastóvka) f
Spanish: t+|es|huelga|f
Swedish: t+|sv|strejk
Telugu: సమ�మ� (samme)
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ttbc|Esperanto: maltrafo (1), plentrafo (2)
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