Stike vs. Strike

Stikenoun

(obsolete) A stanza.

Stikenoun

Stanza.

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To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

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(physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.

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(transitive) To hit.

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(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

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(intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

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(transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.

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To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.

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(transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

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(intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.

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(transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.

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(transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.

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(transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

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To have a sharp or severe effect.

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(transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

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(intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.

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(intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.

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To impinge upon.

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(intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.

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(transitive) To impress, seem or appear (to).

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(transitive) To create an impression.

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(sports) To score a goal.

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To steal money.

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To take forcibly or fraudulently.

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To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.

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To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

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To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.

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To touch; to act by appulse.

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(transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.

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(nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)

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(by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.

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To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).

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(intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.

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(intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

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(dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.

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(intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.

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To make and ratify.

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To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.

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(masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

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To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.

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To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.

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To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

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(obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.

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To balance (a ledger or account).

Strikenoun

(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.

Strikenoun

(bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.

Strikenoun

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

Strikenoun

A blow or application of physical force against something.

Strikenoun

(finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

Strikenoun

An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

Strikenoun

(cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

Strikenoun

The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.

Strikenoun

(geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.

Strikenoun

An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.

Strikenoun

(obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

Strikenoun

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

Strikenoun

(ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.

Strikenoun

(obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.

Strikenoun

The discovery of a source of something.

Strikenoun

A strike plate.

Strikeverb

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.

Strikeverb

To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.

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To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

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To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.

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To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

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To punish; to afflict; to smite.

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To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.

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To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

Strikeverb

To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.

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To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.

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To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.

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To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

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To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

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To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.

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To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.

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To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

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To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.

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To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.

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To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.

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To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

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To advance; to cause to go forward; - used only in past participle.

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To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.

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To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

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To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

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To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.

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To make an attack; to aim a blow.

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To touch; to act by appulse.

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To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.

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To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

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To break forth; to commence suddenly; - with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.

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To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.

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To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.

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To become attached to something; - said of the spat of oysters.

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To steal money.

Strikenoun

The act of striking.

Strikenoun

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.

Strikenoun

A bushel; four pecks.

Strikenoun

An old measure of four bushels.

Strikenoun

Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

Strikenoun

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

Strikenoun

The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.

Strikenoun

A puddler's stirrer.

Strikenoun

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.

Strikenoun

The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

Strikenoun

A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.

Strikenoun

The act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare. Throwing a strike entitles the player to add to the score for that frame the total number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls.

Strikenoun

Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it.

Strikenoun

Same as Ten-strike.

Strikenoun

a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions;

Strikenoun

an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective;

Strikenoun

a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit;

Strikenoun

a gentle blow

Strikenoun

a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball;

Strikenoun

a conspicuous success;

Strikeverb

hit against; come into sudden contact with;

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deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;

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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

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make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;

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indicate (a certain time) by striking;

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affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;

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stop work in order to press demands;

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touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;

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attain;

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produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;

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cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp;

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find unexpectedly;

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produce by ignition or a blow;

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remove by erasing or crossing out;

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cause to experience suddenly;

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drive something violently into a location;

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occupy or take on;

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form by stamping, punching, or printing;

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smooth with a strickle;

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pierce with force;

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arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;