Definition of strike

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Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..

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Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..
Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.].
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Skelp :: Skelp (v. t.) To strike; to slap.
Percuss :: Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination..
Gnash :: Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth..
Strike :: Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
Strike :: Strike (n.) 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..
Scare :: Scare (v. t.) To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
Missile :: Missile (a.) Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to strike an object at a distance..
English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..
Ten-strike :: Ten-strike (n.) Any quick, decisive stroke or act..
Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder..
Strike :: Strike (n.) A puddler's stirrer.
Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef..
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..
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