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Definition: Strike |
StrikeNoun1. 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". 2. An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn". 3. A pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls". 4. A gentle blow. 5. A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame". 6. A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career". Verb1. Hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow". 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". 3. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd". 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". 5. Indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck". 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". 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". 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". 9. Attain; "The horse finally struck a pace". 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". 11. : cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc". 12. : find unexpectedly: "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake". 13. : produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match". 14. : remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record". 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". 16. : occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "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". 17. : form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal". 18. : smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure". 19. : pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats". 20. : arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "strike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Strike \Strike\, transitive verb. [imperfect Struck; past participle Struck, Stricken( Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the past participle than stricken.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | A part of a lock that prevents a retracted bolt from shooting forward. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Price at which the option holder may buy or sell the underlying asset, as defined in the terms of his option contract. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The price at which the option holder may buy or sell the underlying asset, as defined in the terms of his option contract. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | The direction or bearing of a horizontal line in the plane of an inclined stratum, joint fault, cleavage plane or other structural plane:it is perpendicular to the direction of the dip. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The inclination of a rock stratum from the horizontal, the angle between its maximum slope and the horizontal being the true dip. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geological | Trend or bearing, relative to north, of the line defined by the intersection of a planar geologic surface (for example, a fault or a bed) and a horizontal surface such as the ground. (references) |
Industry | The initial rate of dyeing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A collective refusal by workers, usually but not always organised in a trade union, to continue working, in order to put pressure on employers. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Strike (A). A federation of workmen to quit work unless the masters will submit to certain stated conditions. To strike is to leave off work, as stated above. (Anglo-Saxon, stric-an, to go.) "Co-operation prevents strikes by identifying the interests of labour and capital."- R.T. Ely: Political Economy, part iv. chap. iv. 238. Strike (1 syl.). Strike, but hear me! So said Themistocles with wonderful self-possession to Eurybiades, the Spartan general. The tale told by Plutarch is this: Themistocles strongly opposed the proposal of Eurybiades to quit the bay of Salamis. The hot-headed Spartan insultingly remarked that "those who in the public games rise up before the proper signal are scourged." "True," said Themistocles, "but those who lag behind win no laurels." On this, Eurybiades lifted up his staff to strike him, when Themistocles earnestly but proudly exclaimed, "Strike, but hear me!" To strike hands upon a bargain or sírike a bargain. To confirm it by shaking or striking hands. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Military & Defense | An attack which is intended to inflict damage on, seize, or destroy an objective. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The course or bearing of the outcrop of an inclined bed or structure on a level surface; the direction or bearing of a horizontal line in the plane of an inclined stratum, joint, fault, cleavage plane or other structural plane:it is perpendicular to the direction of dip. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. The course or bearing of the outcrop of an inclined bed, vein, or fault plane on a level surface; the direction of a horizontal line perpendicular to the direction of the dip. CF:direction of strata; trace; trend. b. v. To find a vein of ore. n. A valuable discovery c. See:course; level course; fault strike. d. To withdraw supports. See also:line of bearingSyn:strike a lead. (references) | |
Slang in 1811 | STRIKE. Twenty shillings. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A strike is an unarmed attack with hand, arm or elbow in order to cause harm to an opponent. An attack with the hand closed into a fist is often called a punch. A strike with a foot or leg is called a kick. Punches are usually a bit weaker than kicks, but faster to deliver.
Strikes are employed in many martial arts, notably boxing and muay thai. Few martial arts employ no strikes at all, wrestling is one of them. In most arts, strikes are complemented by kicks and grappling. Strike is the generic name for a blunt, crushing attack made with or without a weapon. Striking weapons include the club, the mace and the warhammer and is probably the oldest category of weapons known to humans. A strike is a deliberate absence from work. See strike action. A military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. Strikes are used, amongst other things, to render facilities inoperable, to assassinate enemy leaders and to limit supply to enemy troops. An air strike is a military strike made using explosives delivered from an aircraft, often a bomber, ground attack aircraft, or strike fighter. The strike of a geological unit is the compass direction along the plane of the unit where the unit has zero dip. As any surface that is not horizontal will have two such directions, convention states that the direction of strike is taken as anti-clockwise from the dip-direction. In baseball, a strike is a mark against a batter, three of which will cause him to strikeout. See strike (baseball statistics). In bowling, a strike occurs when players knock down all the pins with their first ball of a frame.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Strike."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In baseball, a strike is a mark against a batter during a plate appearance. A batter that receives three strikes during a plate appearance makes an out and is said to have struck out.There are several ways to receive a strike:
- Swinging at a pitched ball and failing to hit it. (swing and miss)
- Refusing to swing or bunt at a pitched ball which is called a strike by the umpire. (called strike)
- Swinging at a pitched ball and hitting it into foul territory when there are fewer than two strikes in the at-bat. (foul strike)
- Bunting at a pitched ball and hitting it into foul territory.
- Bunting at a pitched ball and failing to hit it.
- Touching a pitched ball while striking it with the bat.
- Touching a pitched ball while in flight in the strike zone.
- Swinging at a pitched ball and foul tipping it into the catcher's glove. (foul tip)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Strike (baseball statistics)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Strike action (or simply strike) is a deliberate refusal to work on the part of multiple employees. This is a tactic often employed by labor unions during collective bargaining with an employer. If a strike takes place against the will of the leadership of the union, or without a union, it's known as a wildcat strike. In many countries, wildcat strikes do not enjoy the same legal protections as standard union strikes, and may result in penalties for the union whose members participate. A strike may consist of workers refusing to attend work or picketing outside the workplace so as to prevent or dissuade other people from working in their place or conducting business with their employer. Or, a strike may consist of workers attending or occupying the workplace, but refusing to do their jobs or leave. This is known as a sit-down strike.
Strikes may be specific to a particular workplace, employer, or unit within a workplace, or they may encompass an entire industry, or every worker within a city or country. Strikes that involve all workers are known as general strikes.
When an employer prevents employees from working, this is known as a lockout; collectively, lockouts and strikes are known as work stoppages.
Strikes first became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became important in factories and mines.
- See also: general strike, list of strikes, labor law
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Strike action."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
STRIKE | English | Structural Reliability Investigation by Knowledge Engineering | Nuclear Energy & Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: StrikeSynonyms: bang (n), hit (n), rap (n), smash (n), tap (n), ten-strike (n), work stoppage (n), affect (v), assume (v), attain (v), chance on (v), chance upon (v), coin (v), collide with (v), come across (v), come to (v), come upon (v), discover (v), excise (v), expunge (v), fall (v), fall upon (v), happen upon (v), impinge on (v), impress (v), light upon (v), mint (v), move (v), run into (v), shine (v), strickle (v), take (v), take up (v), walk out (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: miss (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Attack | Cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike; (impulse); whip; (punish). |
Disobedience | Turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike; (resist); rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel. |
Revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute; riot, tumult; (disorder); strike;(resistance); barring out; defiance. | |
Excitation | Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame. |
Resistance | Kick, kick against; recalcitrate, kick against the pricks; oppose; fly in the face of; lift the hand against; (attack); rise up in arms; (war); strike, turn out; draw up a round robin; (remonstrate); revolt; (disobey); make a riot. |
Insurrection; (disobedience); strike; turn out, lock out, barring out; levee en masse, Jacquerie; riot; (disorder). | |
Wonder | Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Strike |
| English words defined with "strike": Foul strike ♦ sit-down strike, strike leader, sympathetic strike, sympathy strike ♦ To strike home, To strike in with, To strike off, To strike out, To strike work ♦ wildcat strike. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "strike": all-out strike ♦ illegal strike, indefinite strike ♦ outlaw strike ♦ Rolling strike ♦ second strike capability, solidarity strike, Strike Amain, strike ballot, strike photography, Strike Sail, strike valley, Strike while the Iron is Hot, strike working ♦ unofficial strike. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "strike": tympanum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Strike" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (strike), Swedish (strike). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) Listen that might have been a ball yesterday, it might have been a ball last week, but this is today and I'm calling it a strike. (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) Strike that (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) Never have an airline strike at Christmas (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | Laugh out, when you strike your pose (Complicated; performing artist: Avril Lavigne) Don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song (ON THE RADIO; performing artist: Donna Summer) Can't take the train to the job, there's a strike at the station ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike (Thriller; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance (Kiss Me; performing artist: Sixpence None The Richer) | |
Clever | As to the adjective, when in doubt strike it out. (references; author: Mark Twain) If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Lucky Seven Strike Again (1970) San Francisco State: On Strike (1969) North Sea Strike (1967) Strike Me Deadly (1963) Air Strike (1955) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Twin burns on ground from lightning strike, Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: CDC. |  | 3-D image from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Ridge to south of Pioneer Seamount Turbidity currents debouch from Pioneer Canyon, strike ridge, and are deflected Huge dune structures are formed which extend many miles to the south. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | NOAA aerial photography of damage caused by Hurricane Camille Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the United States. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The strike. A turn of the century recreational fisherman begins the battle. In: "Sport Fishing in California and Florida," by Charles F. Holder. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I, p. 207, Plate I. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Lightning strike left small hole in the nose of NOAA C-130 research aircraft. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | F-117 prepares to strike targets in the Balkans. |
 | F-15E Strike Eagle. |  | A strike team leader briefs a crew boss on the intinerary for the day. Credit: USDA. |
 | Oregon Trail near Strike ReservoirLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |  | Snake River narrowsCJ Strike ReservoirSnake River CanyonOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Jerry Rohnert. |
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| "Perfect Strike" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "My new set of golf clubs - sand wedge :P." | "Strike" by Kevin Rohr Commentary: "Snake poses for strike." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Bowling; bowl; pin; bowling alley; bowling pin; strike; spare; lane. | | Pile driver; construction; drive; batter; beat; butt; dash; dig; hammer; jackhammer; knock; maul; plunge; pop; punch; ram; run; shoot; sink; smite; sock; stab; stick; strike; throw; thrust; thump; thwack; whack; wham. |
| Striking; smack; strike; abuse. | | Boxing; boxer; punch; strike; hit; striking; hitting; wallop; punching bag. |
| Clap; clapping; applaud; applause; slap; strike; thwack; whack; slapping; striking. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. |
Henry Wheeler Shaw | A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not strike at it. |
Horace | I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic! |
Lacordaire | The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. |
Ludwig Van Beethoven | Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas. |
Themistocles | Strike, but hear me. |
William Shakespeare | He's winding up the watch of his wit. By and by it will strike. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I, being a husband, and you not being a wife, the claims of the man may very likely strike us with equal force |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The poster, lit up by the reflection from the theatre, seemed to strike him, for, although he was walking rapidly, he stopped to read it. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Strike! FIRST MURDERER |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The square closes up and the dancing starts, feet on the bare ground, beating dull, strike with your heels |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They will slink back to their kennels in disgrace, or perchance run wild and strike a league with the wolf and the fox. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It can strike at any age and both sexes are equally prone to the disorder. (references) | |
The disorder may strike up to 6 months after the fever or infection has cleared. (references) | ||
Glioblastoma multiforme are among the most common and devastating primary brain tumors that strike adults. (references) | ||
Business | Mexican workers enjoy the right to associate, bargain, and strike. (references) | |
Industrial relations are good and the U.K. has a low strike record. (references) | ||
Strikes still are not officially sanctioned, and accurate statistics on strike incidents are not available. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Tunisia | In June RAID member Sadri Khiari began a hunger strike lasting most of June to protest his government-imposed travel ban. (references) |
Maldives | While the Government also does not prohibit labor unions, it recognizes neither the right to form them nor the right to strike. (references) | |
Comoros | Teachers went on strike again from mid-September to October 22, when they received a guarantee that all arrears would be paid in full. (references) | |
Economic History | Singapore | There has been only one strike in the past 15 years. (references) |
Peru | Strike activity has declined markedly over the past eight years. (references) | |
Guyana | The year's tax target of US$82M was badly affected by the strike. (references) | |
Human Rights | Georgia | The prisoners later ended their strike. (references) |
Tunisia | Abdellatif Bouhajila began a hunger strike in May protesting prison conditions. (references) | |
Comoros | Cheik Ali reportedly was denied access to defense counsel until he launched a hunger strike in protest. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | In 1997 after a month of nationwide protests by indigenous organizations that included a hunger strike, the Government signed a 22-point agreement with representatives of various groups that made available 9 initial land grants of about 22,000 acres each to different tribes, granted some contested land titles outright to indigenous petitioners, and set aside government funds for indigenous housing. (references) |
Minorities | India | In Maharashtra between March 9 and 11, Muslims reacted to the alleged burning of a Koran in New Delhi by going on strike and burning Hindu property, government vehicles, and a police station in Pune. (references) |
Political Economy | MEXICO | The FLL guarantees the right to strike. (references) |
Political Rights | Haiti | Opposition and government popular organizations clashed over plans by the opposition to hold a 2-day strike. (references) |
Yugoslavia | This sparked citizen protests in Belgrade and a general strike in favor of the opposition beginning on October 2, 2000 which culminated in a mass demonstration on October 5, 2000 by half a million citizens calling for Milosevic to give up power. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | The law limits the right to strike. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence, particularly in France, where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition, bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science: "Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered." Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tom Daschle | Well, see, that's one area where I think clarification may be necessary. Our view is that it is appropriate to take a preemptive strike, if a country is developing weapons of mass destruction that may undermine our own national security. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | Our fathers decided for themselves, both upon the hour to declare and the hour to strike. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Masses of Asia have awakened to strike off shackles of the past. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | So together, I think, we must now move to strike down the barriers to full cooperation among the American nations, and to free the energies and the resources of two great continents on behalf of all of our citizens. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We must strike a new balance in our system of federalism--a balance that favors greater responsibility and freedom for the leaders of our State and local governments. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The administration established a hazardous waste enforcement strike force to ensure that when available, responsible parties are required to clean up sites posing dangers to public health and to the environment. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Together, we have created an effective federal strike force to combat waste and fraud in the government. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | From now on, the rule for residents who commit crime and peddle drugs should be one strike and you're out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Strike" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.82% of the time. "Strike" is used about 5,063 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.82% | 3,484 | 2,786 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 24.21% | 1,226 | 6,365 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.52% | 280 | 17,458 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.44% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,063 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "strike" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Strike | Last name | 170 | 53,985 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "strike": air strike ♦ angle of strike ♦ be on a strike ♦ be on strike ♦ bird strike hazard ♦ bridge strike ♦ call a strike ♦ call off a strike ♦ come out on strike ♦ deep strike ♦ dock strike ♦ does that strike a chord? ♦ first strike ♦ Foul strike ♦ general strike ♦ go on a hunger strike ♦ go on strike ♦ hold a strike ♦ hunger strike ♦ illegal strike ♦ indefinite strike ♦ lightning strike ♦ lucky strike ♦ nuclear strike ♦ nuclear strike warning ♦ on strike ♦ outlaw strike ♦ political strike ♦ preemptive strike ♦ rail strike ♦ retaliatory air strike ♦ retaliatory strike ♦ right to strike ♦ second strike capability ♦ second strike capacity ♦ solidarity strike ♦ starvation strike ♦ strike a bad patch ♦ strike a balance ♦ strike a bargain ♦ strike a blow ♦ strike a blow for ♦ strike a chord ♦ strike a compromise ♦ strike a damp over smth. ♦ strike a deal ♦ strike a false note ♦ strike a match ♦ strike a note ♦ strike a pose ♦ strike a snag ♦ strike against ♦ strike an attitude ♦ strike an average ♦ strike at ♦ strike at balance ♦ strike at the root of ♦ strike back ♦ strike ballot ♦ strike benefit ♦ strike blind ♦ strike block ♦ strike breaker ♦ strike by lightning ♦ strike call ♦ strike colors ♦ strike dead ♦ strike deaf ♦ strike down ♦ strike dumb ♦ strike fault ♦ strike force ♦ strike fund ♦ strike hard ♦ strike home ♦ strike in ♦ strike into ♦ strike inwards ♦ strike it rich ♦ strike leader ♦ strike lucky ♦ strike me dead if ..! ♦ strike of flax ♦ strike of sugar ♦ strike off ♦ strike off a name ♦ strike off a register ♦ strike off the list ♦ strike oil ♦ strike on ♦ strike on the raw ♦ strike one's elbow against smth. ♦ strike one's flag ♦ strike or lower ♦ strike out ♦ strike out at ♦ strike out for ♦ strike out for the shore ♦ strike out something new ♦ strike pay ♦ strike pay dirt. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "strike": strike-bound, strike-break, strike-breakers, strike-breaking, strike-committee, strike-force, strike-free, strike-hit, strike-leader, strike-on, strike-out, strike-pickets, strike-price, strike-prone, strike-proneness, strike-rate, strike-related, strike-ridden, strike-slip, strike-slip fault, strike-team, strike-through, strike-torn, strike-waves. | |
Ending with "strike": anti-strike, counter-strike, first-strike, hunger-strike, no-strike, pre-strike. | |
Containing "strike": post-strike analysis, post-strike damage estimation, reconnaissance-strike system. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "strike"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | tref (catch, hit, run, run across), staking, klap (hit, knock), aanboor (bore, broach, sink, tap). (various references) | |
Albanian | goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt). (various references) | |
Arabic | إضراب (industrial action, lock out, lockout, standoff, stoppage), بدأ في السباحة, صرع (bring down, bump, cut down, floor, knock down, pick off, poleaxe, stun), صدم (be shocked, bump, hit, offend, percuss, ram, shock, stub), جذب الصنارة لإ قحام الشص, إكتشف (be discovered, bring to light, come to light, detect, dig out, discover, figure out, find, find out, get wind of, glean, hit, learn, nose, rout, rummage, search, spot, uncover, unearth), ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip), إستهل فجأة, ضرب كرة البيسبول, إشتعل (burn, catch fire, flame, flame up, ignite, sparkle), أصاب بذعر, أصاب (bilge, blast, come, get, hit, infect, inflict, pick off, shoot), رن (chime, chink, clang, peal, ping, plunk, resonate, resound, ring, sound, tinkle, toll, twang), شن غارة (raid), دقات الساعة, إكتشاف مفاجئ, غارة جوية (air raid, raid), هز الشط لإصتطياد السمك, هاجم (assault, attack, batter, belabour, beset, challenge, charge, contravene, dispute, hit, jump, lace, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe), لكم (box, bust, knock, punch, slug, sock, to you, yours), لدغ (bite, biting, burr, lisp, nettle, pinch, sting, stinging), قدح النار, صك العملة (coin, mint), وصل لإتفاق (cut a deal, reach an agreement), كافح (battle, combat, contend, contend against, control, fight, hustle, militate, strive, struggle, wrestle), سمع (discern, ears, hear, hearing, sing out, sound), عزف (execute, fiddle, lute, perform, pick, play, play away, render, set a piano), عجب (admire, appreciate, commend, elation, enamor, enamour, fall for, marvel, overconfidence, please, pomp, vainglory, weirdness, wonder, wonderment), طعن (aspersion, impale, jab, jag, knife, libel, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, recourse, remedy, slander, stab, thrust, thrusting, transfix), ضربة حظ, ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), وقع (be located, befall, come, come off, drop, dwell, fall, ground smb., happen, land, locate, place, position, rhythm, run, set one's hand to, sign, sign up, site, subscribe, supervene, take place, tumble, underwrite). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | предавам се (capitulate, descend, fall, give in, give oneself, give way to, lend, resign, say uncle, surrender), нападам (assault, attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, insult, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, rabble, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strongarm, turn on, turn upon, walk into, zap), засичам, зачерквам (black out, blank, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, kill, score out, scratch off, write off), закрепвам се за скала, заемам поза (posture), блъскам (beat, bump up against, dash, hammer, hustle, jostle, knock, moil, pound, press, push, ram, shove, slam, smite, squash, thump), бия (bang, beat, chime, club, curry, feeze, go, hammer, hide, hit, kill, knoll, lace, lather, lay, lick, maul, palpitate, peal, pelt, pulsate, pulse, ram, ramrod, ring, rough up, shoot, swingle, thrash, thresh, wallop, welt, whale, whip, whop, zap), прострелвам (pip, shoot through), просмуквам се (leak, ooze, permeate, pervade, seep, sink in, transude), прониквам (come through, penetrate, percolate, perforate, pervade, seep, sift, soak, sweep in, work in), драсвам (claw, scratch), промушвам (pass, prong, run, stab), натъквам се на (butt, come across, encounter, happen upon, meet with, run against, run into, run up, run upon, stumble across), правя впечатление (impose, impress, kill, register, shine), правя находка, правя (act, advance, contract, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, leave, make, pay, pull, put forward, put out, run off, transact), посока (course, direction, heading, line, run, sense, set, track, way), повалям (blow down, bring down, deck, drop, fell, flatten, fling down, floor, hew, knock down, lay low, lay out, level, overthrow, pole-ax, precipitate, prostrate, run down, shoot down, stretch out, strike down, throw down, tumble down, zap), поемам (absorb, accept, defray, draw, hit, receive, take, take in), попадение (hit), паля (fire, ignite, light, switch on, turn on, turn over), избивам (beat out, burst out, erupt, knock out, massacre, slaughter, start out), дръпвам (hitch, jerk, pull, pull at, pull away, pull down, pull in, retract, suck at, tug, tweak, twitch, withdraw), пронизвам (impale, peg at, penetrate, rend, search, shoot through, spear, thrust through, transfix, transpierce), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, take, take effect, take up, track down), стачкуване, стачкувам (down tools, stay out, walk out), стачка (industrial action, slowdown, tie up, walk out), ухапвам (nip), удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), сключвам (clench, conclude, consummate, contract, interlock), свивам платно, сека (chop, cut, fell, haggle, hew, incuse, slash, slice, stamp), служа като ординарец, нападение (aggression, assault, attack, foray, incursion, offence, offense, onfall, onset, thrust), щраквам (click, snap), намирам (be found, detect, discover, find, fit in, found, get, hit, hunt out, judge, land, locate, look up, raise, regard, root out, root up, run down, rustle up, scare up, secure, see, track down, turn up), тръгвам по, тегля (drag, draw, haul, have a rough time, lug, pluck, pull, rouse, scale, weigh out, wheel), клъвване, клъввам, всявам ужас (appal, appall), вкоренявам (impregnate, root), откривам (bare, descry, detect, dig up, disclose, discover, disinter, espy, expose, find, find out, inaugurate, initiate, lay bare, lay open, lead off, locate, open, pick out, pry out, recover, reopen, reveal, rout out, rout up, run down, spot, unclose, uncover, unearth, unveil), образувам (come, compose, form, lump, make, margin), неочаквана находка, неочакван успех, съставям (compile, compose, compound, design, draw, draw up, form, frame, indite, make, make out, plot), равнило. (various references) | |
Catalan | vaga. (various references) | |
Chinese | 轟 (bang, boom, explosion, rumble), 罷工 (go on strike), 罢工 (walkout), 抃 (tap), 打 (beat, break, build, calculate, dozen, fetch, fight, from, issue, make, mix up, shoot, since, tie up), 搢 (shake, stick into), 摷 (to knock), 刜 (to chop). (various references) | |
Czech | stávka (industrial action, stoppage, walkout), stávkovat, dopadnout (apprehend, capture, go over, hound down, hunt down, land, pitch, receive, seize), kout (angle, corner, forge, nook, weave), mrštit (chuck, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, pitch, pop, sling, throw, toss), náhlý úspìch, nález (discovery, find, finding), narazit na (come across, come up against, encounter, run into, stumble), odbit, překvapit (overtake, stagger, startle, surprise), praštit (bash, belt, bust, catch, fling, hit, hurl, knock, slosh, slug, swipe), útok (aggression, assault, attack, brunt, charge, descent, offence, offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush, storm), razit (bore, coin), zasáhnout (catch, get, hit, sweep), trefit (catch, hit), udeřit (bang, fillip, hit, impinge, knock, punch, swipe), uhodit (catch, hit), vojenský úder, vrazit (Bury, poke, put, stick, stick in, thrust), zaútoèit (attack, set on), zabrání (occupation, taking), zahrát (lead, represent, strike up), rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, shot, slap, slash, sock, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound). (various references) | |
Danish | strejke, slå (beat, cut, hit, mow), banke (hit, knock). (various references) | |
Dutch | werkstaking, staking, slaan (beat, hit, knock, mark, sound, stamp), kloppen (be correct, be right, beat, come to an agreement, hit, knock, pulsate, throb), klappen (beat, clap, click, hit, knock, rattle), houwen (beat, chop, cut, hack, hit). (various references) | |
Esperanto | striko, striki, trafi (catch, hit, run across), imponi (impress), froteti, frapi (hit, knock), enradikiĝi (root), ekbruli (burn, catch, flash on, take fire), boratingi (bore, broach, sink, tap), bati (beat, hit). (various references) | |
