Definition of strike

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Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..

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Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
Whop :: Whop (v. t.) To beat or strike.
Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
Splash :: Splash (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter..
Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..
Impinge :: Impinge (v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
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..
Snick :: Snick (v. t.) To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting..
Buff :: Buff (v. t.) To strike.
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..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run..
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..
Structural :: Strucken () p. p. of Strike.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To strike.
Ram :: Ram (v. t.) To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc..
Ding :: Ding (v. i.) To strike; to thump; to pound.
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..
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