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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Against :: Against (prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light..
Strickle :: Strickle (n.) An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..
Rap :: Rap (v. i.) To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door..
Chap :: Chap (v. t.) To strike; to beat.
Knock :: Knock (v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table..
Flap :: Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.
Bump :: Bump (v. t.) To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall..
Clash :: Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
Gird :: Gird (v.) To strike; to smite.
Wide :: Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one..
Picker :: Picker (n.) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile..
Striker :: Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner..
Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
Strike :: Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels.
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