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strike
English
Etymology
From Middle English stryken, from Old English str?can, from Proto-Germanic *str?kan?, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /st?a?k/
- Rhymes: -a?k
Verb
strike (third-person singular simple present strikes, present participle striking, simple past struck, past participle struck or (see usage notes) stricken or (archaic) strucken)
- (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect.
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- (transitive) To manufacture, as by stamping.
- (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.
- (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.
- (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- (transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- (transitive) To cause to ignite by friction.
- (transitive) To hit.
- (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- (transitive, figuratively) To impinge upon.
- (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
- Synonym: strike work
- 1889, New York (State). Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics, Annual Report (part 2, page 127)
- Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]
- (transitive) To impress, seem or appear (to).
- (transitive) To create an impression.
- (sports) To score a goal.
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- (intransitive, Britain, obsolete, slang) To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently.
- (slang, archaic) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon.
- (transitive) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.
- (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- 1979, Texas Monthly (volume 7, number 8, page 109)
- The crew struck the set with a ferocity hitherto unseen, an army more valiant in retreat than advance.
- 1979, Texas Monthly (volume 7, number 8, page 109)
- (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip.
- (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
- (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To make and ratify.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- (sugar-making, obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
Usage notes
- The past participle of strike is usually struck (e.g. He'd struck it rich, or When the clock had struck twelve, etc.); stricken is significantly rarer. However, it is still found in transitive constructions where the subject is the object of an implied action, especially in the phrases "stricken with/by (an affliction)" or "stricken (something) from the record" (e.g. The Court has stricken the statement from the record, or The city was stricken with disease, etc.). Except for in these contexts, stricken is almost never found in informal or colloquial speech.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
strike (plural strikes)
- (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.
- 1996, Lyle Lovett, "Her First Mistake" on The Road to Ensenada:
- It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.
- 1996, Lyle Lovett, "Her First Mistake" on The Road to Ensenada:
- (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes
- […] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
- 2008, Lich King, "Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast", Toxic Zombie Onslaught
- 1996, Annie Proulx, Accordion Crimes
- (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.
- (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- The strike plate of a door.
- (fishing) A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- 2014, Michael Gorman, Effective Stillwater Fly Fishing (page 87)
- I must admit that my focus was divided, which limited my fishing success. I made a few casts, then arranged my inanimate subjects and took photos. When my indicator went down on my first strike, I cleanly missed the hook up.
- 2014, Michael Gorman, Effective Stillwater Fly Fishing (page 87)
Antonyms
- (work stoppage): industrial peace; lockout
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- German: streiken
References
Further reading
- strike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues?[1], volume 7, page 12
Anagrams
- Kister, kiters, trikes
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?ajk/
Noun
strike m (plural strikes)
- (bowling) a strike
Derived terms
- striker
Related terms
- spare
Italian
Noun
strike m (invariable)
- strike (in baseball and ten-pin bowling)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English strike.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?st?ajk/, /is.?t?aj.ki/
Noun
strike m (plural strikes)
- (bowling) strike (the act of knocking down all pins)
- (baseball) strike (the act of missing a swing at the ball)
Spanish
Etymology
From English strike.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?aik/, [?st??ai?k]
- IPA(key): /es?t?aik/, [es?t??ai?k]
Noun
strike m (plural strikes)
- (baseball) strike
- (bowling) strike
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club
English
Etymology
From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb- (“log, block”), from *gel- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?b, IPA(key): /kl?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
club (plural clubs)
- An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
- An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- A black clover shape (?), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- A club sandwich.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
Synonyms
- (association of members): confraternity
- (weapon): cudgel
- (sports association): team
Hyponyms
- chess club
- sports club
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Tokelauan: kalapu
Translations
Verb
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
- When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- to club the expense
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- to club exertions
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr Essex hath given us on that subject, entitled, The Rudiments of Genteel Education.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
Derived terms
- clubbing
- go clubbing
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?p/
- Hyphenation: club
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)
- club, association
- (golf) club
Derived terms
- clubhuis
- damclub
- golfclub
- handbalclub
- schaakclub
- skiclub
- stamclub
- tennisclub
- voetbalclub
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /klœb/, /klyb/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /kl?b/
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Synonyms
- (golf club): bâton (Quebec)
Derived terms
- bienvenue au club
Further reading
- “club” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klab/, /?kl?b/
Noun
club m (invariable)
- club (association)
- club (golf implement)
Middle English
Noun
club
- Alternative form of clubbe
Romanian
Etymology
From French club.
Noun
club n (plural cluburi)
- club
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klub/, [?klu??]
Noun
club m (plural clubs or clubes)
- club (association)
- Synonyms: asociación, cofradía, gremio
Derived terms
- club de fans
- club nocturno
Further reading
- “club” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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