Strike

n. hit, blow; temporary work stoppage; military assault; good luck; discovery of natural resources; knocking down of all pins at one time (Bowling); failure to hit a ball (Baseball)

v. hit; collide with; attack, assault; afflict with a disease; injure by biting; impress; produce a spark; stamp; eliminate; arrive at; reach; instill; temporarily cease working as a protest; make

Strike may refer to a refusal to work or perform, including:Strike action or work strike, mass refusal by employees to perform work for a corporation or public institutionGeneral strike, a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region or countryChurch strike, strike decided by the Christian churchPrison strike, a strike taking place inside a prisonStudent strike a mass refusal of students to go to class, in protest of school issues, or in sympathy with a strike action or general strikeCulture strike, refusal to produce or show artHunger strike, voluntary refusal to eat as an act of protestRent strike, the withholding of rent to achieve certain goalsSex strike, refraining from sex to achieve goals
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The Hairy Bird (also released as Strike! and All I Wanna Do) is a 1998 film written and directed by Sarah Kernochan and starring Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Lynn Redgrave, and Rachael Leigh Cook. The movie was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Wallingford, Connecticut, United States.The film is set during the early 1960s, at the fictional "Miss Godard's Preparatory School for Girls"; the setting is based loosely on Kernochan's experiences at Rosemary Hall during those years. Redgrave plays the headmistress of the school, students of the school are played by Dunst, Hoffman, and Cook, among others.
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) work stoppage
(hypernym) job action
(hyponym) sit-down, sit-down strike
(derivation) walk out
2. an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"
(hypernym) attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
(hyponym) first strike
(derivation) hit
3. a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
(hypernym) pitch, delivery
(derivation) hit
4. a gentle blow
(synonym) rap, tap
(hypernym) bump, blow
5. a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
(synonym) ten-strike
(hypernym) score
6. 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"
(synonym) hit, smash, smasher, bang
(hypernym) success
(hyponym) blockbuster, megahit, smash hit
Verb
1. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
(synonym) hit, impinge on, run into, collide with
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) ping
(derivation) rap, tap
2. 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"
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) jab
(see-also) fell, drop, strike down, cut down
(verb-group) hit, impinge on, run into, collide with
(derivation) rap, tap
3. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) affect, impress, move
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, come to
4. 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"
(synonym) hit
(hypernym) attack, assail
(hyponym) slice
(verb-group) shoot, hit, pip
5. indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
(hypernym) read, register, show, record
6. 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"
(synonym) hit
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(verb-group) hit
7. 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"
(synonym) walk out
(hypernym) protest, resist, dissent
(derivation) work stoppage
8. 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"
(synonym) fall, shine
(hypernym) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
9. attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"
(synonym) come to
(hypernym) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
10. 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"
(synonym) hit
(hypernym) touch
11. cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
(hypernym) shape, form
12. find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
(synonym) fall upon, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
(hypernym) find, regain
13. produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"
(hypernym) make, create
14. remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record"
(synonym) expunge, excise
(hypernym) delete, cancel
15. 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"
(synonym) hit, come to
(verb-group) affect, impress, move
16. drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
(synonym) hit
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) smash
17. 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"
(synonym) assume, take, take up
(hypernym) move
(verb-group) fill, take
18. form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
(synonym) mint, coin
(hypernym) create from raw material, create from raw stuff
19. smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
(synonym) strickle
(hypernym) flush, level, even out, even
(entail) smooth, smoothen
20. pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"
(hypernym) penetrate, perforate
21. arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
(hypernym) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work

n. strike

(v. i.)
To steal money.
  

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

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

(v. i.)
To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
  

(v. i.)
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
  

(v. i.)
To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
  

(v. i.)
To make an attack; to aim a blow.
  

(v. i.)
To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
  

(v. i.)
To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
  

(v. i.)
To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
  

(v. i.)
To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
  

(v. i.)
To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
  

(n.)
The act of striking.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
  

(n.)
An old measure of four bushels.
  

(n.)
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
A puddler's stirrer.
  

(n.)
A bushel; four pecks.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
  

(v. t.)
To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
  

(v. t.)
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
  

(v. t.)
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
  

(v. t.)
To punish; to afflict; to smite.
  

(v. t.)
To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
  

(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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
  

(v. t.)
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
  

(v. t.)
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
  

(v. t.)
To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
  

(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.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
  

(v. t.)
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
  

(v. t.)
To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
  

(v. i.)
To touch; to act by appulse.