<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Striking, struck, stricken, or (Obsolete) strook.</li><li>To deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.</li><li>To inflict, deliver, or deal (a blow, stroke, attack, etc.).</li><li>To drive so as to cause impact: to strike the hands together.</li><li>To thrust forcibly: Brutus struck a dagger into the dying Caesar.</li><li>To produce (fire, sparks, light, etc.) by percussion, friction, etc.</li><li>To cause (a match) to ignite by friction.</li><li>(Of some natural or supernatural agency) to smite or blast: Lightning struck the spire.</li><li>To come into forcible contact or collision with; hit into or against: The ship struck a rock.</li><li>To reach or fall upon (the senses), as light or sound: A shrill peal of bells struck their ears.</li><li>To enter the mind of; occur to: A happy thought struck him.</li><li>To catch or arrest (the sight, hearing, etc.): the first object that strikes one’s eye.</li><li>To impress strongly: a picture that strikes one’s fancy.</li><li>To impress in a particular manner: How does it strike you?</li><li>To come across, meet with, or encounter suddenly or unexpectedly: to strike the name of a friend in a newspaper.</li><li>To come upon or find (oil, ore, etc.) in drilling, prospecting, or the like.</li><li>To send down or put forth (a root), as a plant or cutting.</li><li>To arrive at or achieve by or as by balancing: to strike a balance; to strike a compromise.</li><li>To take apart or pull down (a structure or object, as a tent).</li><li>To remove from the stage (the scenery and properties of an act or scene): to strike a set.</li><li>Nautical: to lower or take down (a sail, mast, etc.).</li><li>To lower (a sail, flag, etc.) as a salute or as a sign of surrender.</li><li>To lower (something) into the hold of a vessel by means of a rope and tackle.</li><li>Falconry: to loosen (a hood) from the head of a hawk so that it may be instantly removed.</li><li>Angling: to hook (a fish that has taken the bait) by making a sharp jerk on the line.</li><li>(Of a fish) to snatch at (the bait).</li><li>To harpoon (a whale).</li><li>(In technical use) to make level or smooth.</li><li>To make level or even, as a measure of grain or salt, by drawing a strickle across the top.</li><li>To efface, cancel, or cross out, with or as with the stroke of a pen (usually followed by out): to strike a passage out of a book.</li><li>To impress or stamp (a coin, medal, etc.) by printing or punching: to strike a medal in commemoration.</li><li>To remove or separate with or as if with a cut (usually followed by off): Illness struck him off from social contacts.</li><li>The butcher struck off a chop.</li><li>Masonry: to finish (a mortar joint) with a stroke of the trowel.</li><li>To indicate (the hour of day) by a stroke or strokes, as a clock: to strike 12.</li><li>To afflict suddenly, as with disease, suffering, or death (often followed by down): The plague struck Europe.</li><li>Apoplexy struck him down.</li><li>To overwhelm emotionally, as with terror or fear; affect deeply.</li><li>To make blind, dumb, etc., suddenly, as if by a blow.</li><li>To implant or induce (a feeling): to strike fear into a person.</li><li>To start or move suddenly into (vigorous movement): The horse struck a gallop.</li><li>To assume (an attitude or posture): He likes to strike a noble pose.</li><li>To cause (chill, warmth, etc.) to pass or penetrate quickly.</li><li>To come upon or reach in traveling or in a course of procedure: We struck Rome before dark.</li><li>To make, conclude, or ratify (an agreement, treaty, etc.).</li><li>To estimate or determine (a mean or average).</li><li>To leave off (work) or stop (working) as a coercive measure, or as at the close of the day.</li><li>(Of a union or union member) to declare or engage in a suspension of (work) until an employer grants certain demands, such as pay increases, an improved pension plan, etc.</li><li>To declare or engage in a suspension of work against (a factory, employer, industry, etc.) until certain demands are met.</li><li>To draw (a straight line); paint the edge of an area with (a regular, usually straight line).</li><li>Law: to choose (a jury) from a panel by striking off names until only the required number remains.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of striking.</li><li>A concerted stopping of work or withdrawal of workers' services, as to compel an employer to accede to workers' demands or in protest against terms or conditions imposed by an employer.</li><li>A temporary stoppage of something.</li><li>Also called strike plate: a metal plate on a jamb holding the bolt of the lock on a door when closed.</li><li>Baseball: a pitch that is swung at and missed by the batter.</li><li>A pitch that passes through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.</li><li>A foul tip caught by the catcher when there are already two strikes against the batter.</li><li>A foul bunt when there are already two strikes against the batter.</li><li>A ball hit foul and not caught on the fly when there are less than two strikes against the batter.</li><li>Bowling: the knocking down of all of the pins with the first bowl; the score so made.</li><li>Compare spare (def 22).</li><li>Horology: the striking mechanism of a timepiece.</li><li>Brewing: the degree of excellence or strength of beer, ale, etc.</li><li>Angling: a sharp jerk on the line, made in order to set the hook in the mouth of the fish; a pull on the line, made by the fish in the process of taking the bait.</li><li>Coining: a quantity of coins struck at one time.</li><li>Geology: the direction of the line formed by the intersection of the bedding plane of a bed or stratum of sedimentary rock with a horizontal plane; the direction or trend of a structural feature, as an anticlinal axis or the lineation resulting from metamorphism; the discovery of a rich vein or ore in mining, of petroleum in boring, etc.</li><li>Military: a planned attack, especially by aircraft, on a target.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Military: describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>Printing: to print: They struck off 300 copies of the book.</li><li>To remove or cancel, as from a record, list, etc.: His name was struck off the waiting list.</li><li>To produce rapidly and easily: She struck off several letters and had no more work to do.</li><li>To depart rapidly: We struck off for the country.</li><li>To interrupt suddenly; intervene: I struck in with a suggestion.</li><li>To begin to play or to sing: The orchestra struck up a waltz.</li><li>To set in operation; begin: Strike up the band!</li><li>To bring into being; commence; begin: to strike up an acquaintance with new neighbors.</li><li>Baseball: to put out or be put out by a strike-out: The pitcher walked two and struck out three. He struck out twice in three times at bat.</li><li>(Of a person or effort) to fail: His next two business ventures struck out.</li><li>To lose favor.</li><li>To erase; cross out.</li><li>To set forth; venture forth: She struck out on her own at the age of 18.</li></ul>