strike
strike is a 6-letter English word with 71 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
- transitive verb. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- transitive verb. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
- transitive verb. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
- transitive verb. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
- transitive verb. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
- transitive verb. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
- transitive verb. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- transitive verb. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
- transitive verb. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
- transitive verb. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
- transitive verb. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- transitive verb. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
- intransitive verb. To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
- intransitive verb. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- intransitive verb. To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
- intransitive verb. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
- intransitive verb. To make an attack; to aim a blow.
- intransitive verb. To touch; to act by appulse.
- intransitive verb. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
- intransitive verb. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- intransitive verb. To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
- intransitive verb. To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
- intransitive verb. To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
- intransitive verb. To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
- intransitive verb. To steal money.
- noun. The act of striking.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A bushel; four pecks.
- noun. An old measure of four bushels.
- noun. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
- noun. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A puddler's stirrer.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
- noun. a conspicuous success
"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
"that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
- noun. (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"
- noun. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
"he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
- noun. an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
"the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"
- noun. 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"
- noun. a gentle blow
- verb. cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
"strike an arc"
- verb. arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
"strike a balance"
"strike a bargain"
- verb. indicate (a certain time) by striking
"The clock struck midnight"
"Just when I entered, the clock struck"
- verb. 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"
- verb. affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
"We were hit by really bad weather"
"He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"
- verb. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
"The pianist strikes a middle C"
"strike `z' on the keyboard"
- verb. pierce with force
"The bullet struck her thigh"
"The icy wind struck through our coats"
- verb. hit against; come into sudden contact with
"The car hit a tree"
"He struck the table with his elbow"
- verb. smooth with a strickle
"strickle the grain in the measure"
- verb. deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
"The teacher struck the child"
"the opponent refused to strike"
- verb. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"
"scratch that remark"
- verb. form by stamping, punching, or printing
"strike coins"
"strike a medal"
- verb. produce by ignition or a blow
"strike fire from the flintstone"
"strike a match"
- verb. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"
"This behavior struck me as odd"
- verb. occupy or take on
"He assumes the lotus position"
"She took her seat on the stage"
- verb. drive something violently into a location
"he hit his fist on the table"
"she struck her head on the low ceiling"
- verb. cause to experience suddenly
"Panic struck me"
"An interesting idea hit her"
- verb. find unexpectedly
"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"
"she struck a goldmine"
- verb. stop work in order to press demands
"The auto workers are striking for higher wages"
"The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"
- verb. attain
"The horse finally struck a pace"
- verb. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
"Light fell on her face"
"The sun shone on the fields"
Synonyms
bang, hit, smash, smasher, rap, tap, strickle, excise, expunge, scratch, coin, mint, affect, impress, move, assume, take, attain, discover, fall, shine
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in strike:
Common word forms
striked, striker, strikes, striking, strikeless
Words from these letters
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