What does strike up mean?

strike up means "start playing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for strike up?

Close synonyms include sound off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strike up a common word?

strike up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

strike up — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
start playing
“The musicians struck up a tune”
Synonymssound off
Broaderplay
music
2.
begin
“strike up a conversation”
“strike up a friendship”
Broaderinitiate

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What does strike up mean?: strike up means "start playing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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