Strike vs. Tap

Strike and Tap Definitions
Strike
To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement
Struck the table in anger.
Strikes the ball with a nine iron.
Struck the nail with a hammer.
Tap
To strike gently with a light blow or blows
I tapped you on the shoulder to get your attention.
Strike
To inflict (a blow).
Tap
To give a light rap with
Tap a pencil.
Strike
To penetrate or pierce
Was struck in the leg by a bullet.
Tap
To produce with a succession of light blows
Tap out a rhythm.
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Strike
To collide with or crash into
She struck the desk with her knee.
Tap
To select, as for membership in an organization; designate.
Strike
To cause to come into violent or forceful contact
She struck her knee against the desk.
Tap
To repair (shoe heels or toes) by applying a thin layer of leather or a substitute material.
Strike
To thrust (a weapon, for example) in or into someone or something
Struck the sword into the dragon.
Tap
To attach metal plates to (shoe toes or heels).
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Strike
To damage or destroy, as by forceful contact
Lightning struck the tree.
Tap
To deliver a gentle, light blow or blows.
Strike
To make a military attack on; assault.
Tap
To walk making light clicks.
Strike
To afflict suddenly, as with a disease or impairment
Was stricken with cancer.
Tap
To tap-dance.
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Strike
To cause to become suddenly in a certain way
Struck him dead.
Tap
To furnish with a spigot or tap.
Strike
To snap at or seize (a bait).
Tap
To pierce in order to draw off liquid
Tap a maple tree.
Strike
To hook (a fish that has taken the bait) by a pull on the line.
Tap
To draw (liquid) from a vessel or container
Tap a new keg of beer.
Strike
To wound by biting. Used especially of a snake.
Tap
(Medicine) To withdraw fluid from (a body cavity).
Strike
To form by stamping, printing, or punching
Strike a medallion.
Tap
To make a physical connection with or open outlets from
Tap a water main.
Strike
To produce or play by manipulating strings or keys
Strike a B flat.
Strike w, t, and y on the keyboard.
Tap
To wiretap (a telephone or communications channel).
Strike
To indicate by a percussive or chiming sound
The clock struck nine.
Tap
To establish an electric connection in (a power line), as to divert current secretly.
Strike
To produce as if by playing a musical instrument
The report struck a positive note in the final paragraph.
Tap
To establish access to or a connection with
Tapped a new market for inexpensive books.
Strike
To produce by friction or a blow
Struck fire from the flints.
Tap
To take advantage of; make use of
Tapped voter anger to win the election.
Strike
To produce flame, light, or a spark by friction
Strike a match.
Tap
To cut screw threads in (a collar, socket, or other fitting).
Strike
To remove or separate suddenly, as with a blow
Struck the wasp from his shoulder.
Struck off the diseased branch with a machete.
Tap
(Informal) To ask (a person) for money.
Strike
To eliminate or expunge
Strike a trial witness's answer to a question as inadmissible hearsay.
Tap
A gentle blow.
Strike
To come upon (a mineral deposit) by effort; discover
Struck gold.
Tap
The sound made by such a blow.
Strike
To come to; reach or attain
Finally struck the main trail.
Tap
A thin layer of leather or a substitute applied to a worn-down shoe heel or toe.
Strike
To fall upon; shine on
A bright light struck her face.
Tap
A metal plate attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for tap-dancing.
Strike
To become audible to
An odd sound struck his ear.
Tap
Tap dance.
Strike
To affect keenly or forcibly; impress
The suggestion struck her as foolish.
Tap
(Linguistics) See flap.
Strike
To enter the mind of
The thought struck me from out of the blue.
Tap
A valve and spout used to regulate delivery of a fluid at the end of a pipe.
Strike
To cause (a strong emotion) to penetrate deeply
Struck terror into their hearts.
Tap
A plug for a bunghole; a spigot.
Strike
To affect or overcome with strong emotion
She was struck with alarm at the news.
Tap
Liquor drawn from a spigot.
Strike
To make and confirm the terms of (a bargain).
Tap
Liquor of a particular brew, cask, or quality.
Strike
To achieve (a balance, for example) by careful consideration.
Tap
(Medicine) The removal of fluid from a body cavity
A spinal tap.
Strike
To position one's body in (a pose, for example); assume.
Tap
A tool for cutting an internal screw thread.
Strike
To haul down (a mast or sail).
Tap
A makeshift terminal in an electric circuit.
Strike
To lower (a flag or sail) in salute or surrender.
Tap
A wiretap.
Strike
To lower (cargo) into a hold.
Tap
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
Strike
To remove (theatrical properties, a set, or technical equipment) from a stage.
Tap
A device used to dispense liquids.
We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.
Strike
To dismantle and pack up for departure
Strike camp.
Tap
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A liquor of the same tap
Strike
To undertake a strike against (an employer).
Tap
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
Strike
To level or even (a measure, as of grain).
Tap
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
Strike
To smooth or shape with a strickle.
Tap
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
Strike
To send (plant roots) out or down.
Tap
An interception of communication by authority.
Strike
To cause (a plant cutting) to take root.
Tap
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
Strike
To deal a blow or blows, as with the fist or a weapon; hit.
Tap
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
Abdominal tap
Pleural tap
Spinal tap
Strike
To aim a stroke or blow
Struck at his opponent but missed.
Tap
(finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
Tap issue; a bond tap
Strike
To make contact suddenly or violently; collide
A car and a bus struck at the intersection.
Tap
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
Strike
To begin a military attack
The enemy struck unexpectedly.
Tap
(dance) tap dance
Strike
(Sports) To score a goal
The home team struck early in the game.
Tap
The act of touching a touch screen.
Strike
To penetrate or pierce
The cold struck right through our jackets.
Tap
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Strike
To take bait
The fish are striking.
Tap
(military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Strike
To dart or shoot suddenly forward in an attempt to inflict a bite or wound. Used of snakes and wild animals.
Tap
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ ɾ ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
Strike
To set out or proceed, especially in a new direction
Struck off into the forest.
Tap
An Indian malarial fever.
Strike
To begin to move
The horse struck into a gallop.
Tap
To furnish with taps.
If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!
Strike
To send out roots.
Tap
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
He tapped a new barrel of beer.
Strike
To sprout.
Tap
To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
Strike
To indicate the time by making a percussive or chiming sound
The clock struck just as we left.
Tap
To exploit.
Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.
Strike
To become indicated by a percussive or chiming sound
The hour has struck.
Tap
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
Strike
To become ignited.
Tap
To intercept a communication without authority.
He was known to tap cable television.
Strike
To discover something suddenly or unexpectedly
Struck on a new approach.
Tap
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
Strike
To fall, as light or sound
Sunlight striking on the cliffs.
A din struck upon their ears.
Tap
To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
Strike
To have an effect; make an impression.
Tap
(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one.
Strike
To engage in a strike against an employer.
Tap
To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
Strike
To interrupt by pushing oneself forward
Struck rudely into the conversation.
Tap
To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel.
Strike
To strive diligently for a specific technical rating in the US Navy.
Tap
To strike lightly.
She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.
Strike
An act or gesture of striking.
Tap
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
Strike
An attack, especially a military air attack on a single group of targets.
Tap
To make a sharp noise.
The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
Strike
(Sports) A scoring attempt, often resulting in a goal.
Tap
(graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
Strike
A cessation of work by employees in support of demands made on their employer, as for higher pay or improved conditions.
Tap
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Strike
A temporary stoppage of normal activity undertaken as a protest.
Tap
To have sexual intercourse with.
I would tap that hot girl over there.
I'd tap that.
Strike
A sudden achievement or valuable discovery, as of a precious mineral.
Tap
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
Strike
The taking of bait by a fish.
Tap
To force (an opponent) to submit.
Strike
A pull on a fishing line indicating this.
Tap
To put a new sole or heel on.
To tap shoes
Strike
A quantity of coins or medals struck at the same time.
Tap
To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
Strike
(Baseball) A pitched ball that is counted against the batter, typically one that is swung at and missed, fouled off, or judged to have passed through the strike zone.
Tap
To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
Strike
A perfectly thrown ball
The quarterback threw a strike to the receiver.
Tap
To strike a gentle blow.
Strike
An unfavorable condition, circumstance, or characteristic; a disadvantage
"[They] were trying to sell a movie with several strikes against it as a mass-audience 'property'" (John Sayles).
Tap
To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.
Strike
The knocking down of all the pins in bowling with the first bowl of a frame.
Tap
Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.
Strike
The score so made.
Tap
To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
He has been tapping his liquors.
Strike
The taking root and growing of a plant cutting.
Tap
To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.
Strike
(Geology) The course or bearing of a structural surface, such as an inclined bed, as it intersects a horizontal plane.
Tap
To connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; - a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.
Strike
The removal of all properties, sets, and technical equipment following a final performance, as of a play or concert.
Tap
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
Strike
A strickle.
Tap
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
Strike
A device serving the functions of a strike plate, especially one that can be electronically released to allow access.
Tap
A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, - usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
Strike
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
Tap
A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
Strike
(physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
Tap
A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
Strike
(transitive) To hit.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.
A bullet struck him.
The ship struck a reef.
Tap
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
Strike
(transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
Tap
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
Strike
(intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Tap
A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
Strike
(transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
Tap
The sound made by a gentle blow
Strike
To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
The ship struck in the night.
Tap
A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
Strike
(transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
The clock struck twelve.
The drums strike up a march.
Tap
A gentle blow
Strike
(intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
Tap
A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
Strike
(transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
To strike a light
Tap
A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
Strike
(transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
To strike a match
Tap
A plug for a bunghole in a cask
Strike
(transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
A tree strikes its roots deep.
Tap
The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
Strike
To have a sharp or severe effect.
Tap
A light touch or stroke
Strike
(transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
Tap
Cut a female screw thread with a tap
Strike
(intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
Tap
Draw from or dip into to get something;
Tap one's memory
Tap a source of money
Strike
(intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May.
Tap
Strike lightly;
He tapped me on the shoulder
Strike
To impinge upon.
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda.
Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
Tap
Draw from; make good use of;
We must exploit the resources we are given wisely
Strike
(intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
Tap
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy
Is this hotel room bugged?
Strike
To quit (one's job).
Tap
Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;
Tap a cask of wine
Strike
(transitive) To impress, seem or appear (to).
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
Tap
Make light, repeated taps on a surface;
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
Strike
(transitive) To create an impression.
The news struck a sombre chord.
Tap
Walk with a tapping sound
Strike
(sports) To score a goal.
Tap
Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;
Glover tapdances better than anybody
Strike
To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
To strike the mind with surprise;
To strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
Tap
Draw (liquor) from a tap;
Tap beer in a bar
Strike
To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
The proposed plan strikes me favourably.
May the Lord strike down those sinners!
I was struck dumb with astonishment.
Tap
Pierce in order to draw a liquid from;
Tap a maple tree for its syrup
Tap a keg of beer
Strike
To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
Tap
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities
Strike
To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
Strike
To touch; to act by appulse.
Strike
(transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
Strike
(nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
Strike
(by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
Strike
To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
Strike
To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
Strike
(intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
They struck off along the river.
Strike
(intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Strike
(dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
To strike into reputation;
To strike into a run
Strike
(intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
Strike
To make and ratify.
To strike a bargain
Strike
To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
Strike
(masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
Strike
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
My eye struck a strange word in the text.
They soon struck the trail.
Strike
To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
Strike
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
Strike
(obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
Strike
To balance (a ledger or account).
Strike
To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
Strike
(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
Strike
(bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
Strike
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
Strike
A blow or application of physical force against something.
Strike
(finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
Strike
(historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
Strike
(cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
Strike
The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
Strike
(geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
Strike
An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
Strike
(obsolete) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
A strike of malt; a strike of coin
Strike
Excellence; quality.
Strike
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
Strike
(ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
Strike
(obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
Strike
The discovery of a source of something.
Strike
The strike plate of a door.
Strike
(fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
Strike
(philately) A cancellation postmark.
Strike
To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
He at Philippi keptHis sword e'en like a dancer; while I struckThe lean and wrinkled Cassius.
Strike
To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
Strike
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts.
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
Strike
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
Strike
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
Strike
To punish; to afflict; to smite.
To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity.
Strike
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.
Strike
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
Strike
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.
Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view.
They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
Strike
To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
Strike
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
Waving wide her myrtle wand,She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
Strike
To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
Strike
To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
Strike
To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
Strike
To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
Strike
To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
Strike
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
Strike
To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
Strike
To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
Strike
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Strike
To advance; to cause to go forward; - used only in past participle.
Strike
To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily].
Strike
To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand,With which he stroke so furious and so fell.
Strike now, or else the iron cools.
Strike
To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Strike
To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
A deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Strike
To make an attack; to aim a blow.
A puny subject strikesAt thy great glory.
Struck for throne, and striking found his doom.
Strike
To touch; to act by appulse.
Hinder light but from striking on it [porphyry], and its colors vanish.
Strike
To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
Strike
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Till a dart strike through his liver.
Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem.
Strike
To break forth; to commence suddenly; - with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
Strike
To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
That the English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas.
Strike
To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
Strike
To become attached to something; - said of the spat of oysters.
Strike
To steal money.
Strike
The act of striking.
Strike
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.
Strike
A bushel; four pecks.
Strike
An old measure of four bushels.
Strike
Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike.
Strike
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
Strike
The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
Strikes are the insurrections of labor.
Strike
A puddler's stirrer.
Strike
The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
Strike
The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Strike
A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.
Strike
The act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare. Throwing a strike entitles the player to add to the score for that frame the total number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls.
Strike
Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it.
Strike
Same as Ten-strike.
Strike
A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions;
The strike lasted more than a month before it was settled
Strike
An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective;
The strike was scheduled to begin at dawn
Strike
A pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit;
This pitcher throws more strikes than balls
Strike
A gentle blow
Strike
A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball;
He finished with three strikes in the tenth frame
Strike
A conspicuous success;
That song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
That new Broadway show is a real smasher
The party went with a bang
Strike
Hit against; come into sudden contact with;
The car hit a tree
He struck the table with his elbow
Strike
Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;
The teacher struck the child
The opponent refused to strike
The boxer struck the attacker dead
Strike
Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
This child impressed me as unusually mature
This behavior struck me as odd
Strike
Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
We must strike the enemy's oil fields
In the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2
Strike
Indicate (a certain time) by striking;
The clock struck midnight
Just when I entered, the clock struck
Strike
Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
We were hit by really bad weather
He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager
The earthquake struck at midnight
Strike
Stop work in order to press demands;
The auto workers are striking for higher wages
The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met
Strike
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
Light fell on her face
The sun shone on the fields
The light struck the golden necklace
A strange sound struck my ears
Strike
Attain;
The horse finally struck a pace
Strike
Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
The pianist strikes a middle C
Strike `z' on the keyboard
Her comments struck a sour note
Strike
Cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp;
Strike an arc
Strike
Find unexpectedly;
The archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
She struck a goldmine
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Strike
Produce by ignition or a blow;
Strike fire from the flintstone
Strike a match
Strike
Remove by erasing or crossing out;
Please strike this remark from the record
Strike
Cause to experience suddenly;
Panic struck me
An interesting idea hit her
A thought came to me
The thought struck terror in our minds
They were struck with fear
Strike
Drive something violently into a location;
He hit his fist on the table
She struck her head on the low ceiling
Strike
Occupy or take on;
He assumes the lotus position
She took her seat on the stage
We took our seats in the orchestra
She took up her position behind the tree
Strike a pose
Strike
Form by stamping, punching, or printing;
Strike coins
Strike a medal
Strike
Smooth with a strickle;
Strickle the grain in the measure
Strike
Pierce with force;
The bullet struck her thigh
The icy wind struck through our coats
Strike
Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;
Strike a balance
Strike a bargain