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say it: strahyk
strike is a verb and noun meaning "deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon". It is pronounced /ˈstɹaɪk/ — strahyk. It carries 28 recorded senses.
hit against; come into sudden contact with
“The car hit a tree”
“He struck the table with his elbow”
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
“The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939”
“We must strike the enemy's oil fields”
“in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2”
indicate (a certain time) by striking
“The clock struck midnight”
“Just when I entered, the clock struck”
find unexpectedly
“the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb”
“she struck a goldmine”
“The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake”
disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
“after the show, we'll have to strike the set and pack up”
form by stamping, punching, or printing
“strike coins”
“strike a medal”
pierce with force
“The bullet struck her thigh”
“The icy wind struck through our coats”
arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
“strike a balance”
“strike a bargain”
a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
“the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled”
an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
“the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn”
a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
“he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame”
(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
“this pitcher throws more strikes than balls”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for strike come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.