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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.