Word Finder - strike

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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.

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The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.

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A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

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A blow or application of physical force against something.

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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, ...

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In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

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An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

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The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

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

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The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.

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The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.

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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.

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Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

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An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

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(ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.

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The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.

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The discovery of a source of something.

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The strike plate of a door.

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(sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

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Please strike the last sentence.

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(physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.

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To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

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A tree strikes its roots deep.

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(personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.

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To touch; to act by appulse.

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To take down, especially in the following contexts.

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To set off on a walk or trip.

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They struck off along the river.

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To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

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To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.

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to strike into reputation;  to strike into a run

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To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.

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To make and ratify.

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to strike a bargain

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To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.

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To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

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To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.

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My eye struck a strange word in the text.  They soon struck the trail.

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(sugar-making) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.

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To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

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To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.

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To balance (a ledger or account).

He heard the clock strike ten.

He saw his sister drop after the strike of a sword.

Anything that would indicate where his next strike would fall.

You don't strike me as the type to feed ducks.

Alarmed, Taran turned in time to see the man with eyes the color of Vara's strike his father down.

Didn't that strike you as dangerous?

With him the reciprocal action of mind and body is altogether denied; they resemble two clocks, so made by the artificer as to strike the same hour together.

In a nanosecond she realized that the snake was going to strike.

When set, the eldest demonstrated a simple strike and block, then corrected her form as she followed his example.

It seemed to me that I never had heard the town-clock strike before, nor the evening sounds of the village; for we slept with the windows open, which were inside the grating.

She wanted to strike out at someone - anyone, but there was no one to blame for this situation.

Does swimming alone late at night strike you as in character for Byrne?

Instinctively, he blocked another strike of lightening while absorbing a second.

The idea of watching Darkyn strike her down made him eager to see blood spill.

The jets came from the west, beyond the river, a realization that didn't register until the ground shook under the impact of the first laser missile strike dropped.

I must be sure before I strike and not leave the psychic one behind to torment me.

She rolled away from the second strike but the third tore through her, frying her from the inside out.

Look and see who's selling the other ones—the other Lucky Strike tins!

He hacked down one, and the other managed to get in one strike before it, too, fell.

She nestled herself comfortably in Dorothy's lap until the kitten gave a snarl of jealous anger and leaped up with a sharp claw fiercely bared to strike Billina a blow.

A strike of the Newcastle miners, after lasting twenty-nine weeks, came to an end in January 1890, and throughout the rest of the year there was great unrest in Labour circles.

Dulce turned, and for a moment Carmen thought she might strike her.

His sword defended him as if possessed, yet when he went to strike, he found his blows ill timed and clumsy.

He missed one strike, and she pulled the punch, not wanting to hurt him despite her anger.

There is no reason why she should strike from her vocabulary all words of sound and vision.

It was as Martha described—green, with the familiar Lucky Strike label in red at the center.

The force of the strike knocked everyone off their feet and deadened the firelight, except for the torches in the corners.

When the time comes, strike him down, he instructed.

Someone ordered a strike on us.

She plugged her ears, watching as the missiles distracted the men into one direction while the laser strike knocked them dead.

I don't think you called in this strike, Brady answered, looking over the flattened city grimly.

Jenn ducked a second strike, and Claire snatched the necklace from the ground with a triumphant smile.

He'd blocked the strike that probably would've killed the woman who betrayed him, saving her instead.

Aaron didn't strike her as being that shallow.

It lacked only one minute till the bell would strike the time for dismissal.

In 1864 a tremendous flood almost ruined it, and another flood in 1878, and a famous strike in Denver and Leadville in 1879-1880 were further, but only momentary, checks to its prosperity.

There are considerable spaces where the strike, or axis, of the main ranges is transverse to the water-parting, which is then represented by intermediate highlands forming lacustrine regions with an indefinite watershed.

He intended that Spain should very soon have ready twenty-eight sail of the line - "ce qui est certes bien peu de chose" - so as to drive away the British squadrons, and then he would strike "de grands coups" in the autumn.

After the war its activity was shown by an increasing number of assassinations, burnings and other outrages, until by 1875 it completely dominated the mining classes and forced a general strike in the coal regions.

The khedive Ismail in 1869 appointed Sir Samuel Baker to the command of a large force with which he was " to strike a direct blow at the slave trade in its distant nest."

In recent history the most notable events not mentioned elsewhere in this article were the elaborate celebration of the centennial of the city in 1896 and the street railway strike of 1899, in which the workers attempted to force a redress of grievances and a recognition of their union.

There was a less violent street car strike in 1908, after the assumption of control by the Municipal Traction Company, which refused to raise wages according to promises made (so the employees said) by the former owner of the railway; the strikers were unsuccessful.

Cuttings, if they have a single bud, strike readily.

And at once, as a clock begins to strike and chime as soon as the minute hand has completed a full circle, this change was shown by an increased activity, whirring, and chiming in the higher spheres.

It is possible that the London dockers' strike was not without its influence on the minds of the Australian Labour leaders.

The time chosen for the strike was the height of the wool season, when a cessation of work would be attended with the maximum of inconvenience.

Already in April 1919, during a strike of telephone operators in Boston, he had proposed that the state take over the lines, but the trouble was soon settled.

Since the death of Mirabeau no one had appeared who could strike the happy mean and enforce his will on the extremes on either side.

It is, however, highly probable that he meant to strike at London if naval affairs went well, but that he was glad to have at hand an alternative which would shroud a maritime failure under military laurels.

On or about the 25th-27th of August he resolved to strike at Austria.