Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

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Dab :: Dab (v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Batten :: Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce..
Bloodstick :: Bloodstick (n.) A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking..
Tabor :: Tabor (v. i.) To strike lightly and frequently.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
Striker :: Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Gnash :: Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth..
Strike :: Strike (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one..
Chap :: Chap (v. t.) To strike; to beat.
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