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Strike

/stɹaɪk/

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.

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📖 Definitions of "Strike"

noun

1
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.
2
The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
3
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
4
A blow or application of physical force against something.
"Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ..."

verb

1
(sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
"Please strike the last sentence."
2
(physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
3
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
"A tree strikes its roots deep."
4
(personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.

🔄 Synonyms of "Strike"

29 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bangnoun	A sudden percussive noise.
affectverb	(transitive) To influence or alter.
impressverb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
flicknoun	A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
smashverb	(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
mintnoun	A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
rapnoun	(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
shineverb	(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
excisenoun	To cut out; to remove.
come acrossverb	(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
impinge onverb	hit against; come into sudden contact with
coinnoun	(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
come toverb	(transitive) To total; to amount to.
happen uponverb	To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
collide withverb	hit against; come into sudden contact with
come uponverb	To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
light uponverb	To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.
walk outverb	(intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
run intoverb	(intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
ten-strikenoun	(bowling, dated) A strike; the knocking down of all ten pins with one delivery of the ball.
chance onverb	Alternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.]

↔️ Antonyms of "Strike"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
missnoun	(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Strike"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
discoververb	(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
mintnoun	A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
impressverb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
light uponverb	To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
shineverb	(intransitive, copulative) To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
excisenoun	To cut out; to remove.
coinnoun	(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
come uponverb	To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
happen uponverb	To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
chance uponverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.
run intoverb	(intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
chance onverb	Alternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.]
affectverb	(transitive) To influence or alter.
flicknoun	A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
walk outverb	(intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
come acrossverb	(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
come toverb	(transitive) To total; to amount to.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.