Definition of strike

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Strike (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer..

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Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..
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..
Butt :: Butt (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
Clout :: Clout (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..
Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..
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..
Ghast :: Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.
Ram :: Ram (n.) The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like..
Flash :: Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Outer :: Outer (n.) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..
Ratten :: Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike..
Striking :: Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..
At :: At (prep.) Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields..
Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce..
Attitudinize :: Attitudinize (v. i.) To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..
Astound :: Astound (a.) To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear..
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