Definition of strike

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Strike (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer..

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Trippet :: Trippet (n.) A cam, wiper, or projecting piece which strikes another piece repeatedly..
Clash :: Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..
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..
Collide :: Collide (v. t.) To strike or dash against.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money..
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..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Whack :: Whack (v. t.) To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..
Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord..
Fist :: Fist (v. t.) To strike with the fist.
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
Dab :: Dab (v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
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