strike
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Verb 4 meanings
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
“Please strike the last sentence.”
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
“Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.”
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
“A tree strikes its roots deep.”
To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
“After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.”
A blow or application of physical force against something.
Etymology
From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.
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STRIKE at a glance
STRIKE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,180 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with strike
All rhymesOne letter away
- STROKE10
- STRIVE9
- STRIPE8
- STRIDE7
- STRIFE9
- SHRIKE13
- STRIAE6
- STRAKE10
- STRINE6
- SCRIKE12
- SKRIKE14
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