Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) 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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Striking :: Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought..
Astonish :: Astonish (v. t.) To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some sudden emotion or passion..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
Bell :: Bell (n.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated.
Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk..
Pose :: Pose (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude..
Collide :: Collide (v. i.) To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided..
Tice :: Tice (n.) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..
Tap :: Tap (v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
Injector :: Injector (n.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor..
Dash :: Dash (v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks..
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Percutient :: Percutient (n.) That which strikes, or has power to strike..
Trippet :: Trippet (n.) A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly..
Water Hammer :: Water hammer () A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
Dumfound :: Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.
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