Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..

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Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music..
Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Slug :: Slug (v. t.) To strike heavily.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..
Striker :: Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner..
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord..
English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind..
Affrap :: Affrap (v. t. & i.) To strike, or strike down..
Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Trippet :: Trippet (n.) A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do..
Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Racket :: Racket (v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket..
Firk :: Firk (v. t.) To beat; to strike; to chastise.
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