Definition of strike

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Strike (v. t.) 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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Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
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..
Attitudinize :: Attitudinize (v. i.) To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose.
Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..
Horrify :: Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike..
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
Hemautography :: Hemautography (n.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.
Knock :: Knock (v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door..
Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (v. t.) To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb..
Striped :: Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
Job :: Job (v. t.) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To steal money.
Ague :: Ague (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit..
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