Definition of strike

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Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..

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Outer :: Outer (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.
Gnash :: Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth..
Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter.
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..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
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..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking..
Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons..
Striking :: Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor..
Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..
Attitudinize :: Attitudinize (v. i.) To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows..
Transverberate :: Transverberate (v. t.) To beat or strike through.
Expunge :: Expunge (v. t.) To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense..
Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
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