Awe-stricken
(a.) Awe-struck. |
Awe-struck
(a.) Struck with awe. |
Horror-struck
(a.) Horror-stricken |
Panic-stricken
(a.) Alt. of Panic-struck |
Panic-struck
(a.) Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. |
Planet-stricken
(a.) Alt. of Planet-struck |
Planet-struck
(a.) Affected by the influence of planets |
Stage-struck
(a.) Fascinated by the stage |
Stricken
(p. p. & a.) Struck |
Stricken
(n.) Worn out |
Stricken
(v. t.) Whole |
Struck
(imp.) of Strike |
Struck
(p. p.) of Strike |
Stricken
() of Strike |
Striking
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strike |
Strike
(v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Strike
(v. t.) To come in collision with |
Strike
(v. t.) To give, as a blow |
Strike
(v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke |
Strike
(v. t.) To thrust in |
Strike
(v. t.) To punish |
Strike
(v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats |
Strike
(v. t.) To lower |
Strike
(v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow |
Strike
(v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse |
Strike
(v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke |
Strike
(v. t.) To cause to ignite |
Strike
(v. t.) To make and ratify |
Strike
(v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently |
Strike
(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. |
Strike
(v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
Strike
(v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly |
Strike
(v. t.) To borrow money of |
Strike
(v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. |
Strike
(v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly |
Strike
(v. t.) To advance |
Strike
(v. i.) To move |
Strike
(v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust |
Strike
(v. i.) To hit |
Strike
(v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows |
Strike
(v. i.) To make an attack |
Strike
(v. i.) To touch |
Strike
(v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank |
Strike
(v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect |
Strike
(v. i.) To break forth |
Strike
(v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. |
Strike
(v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. |
Strike
(v. i.) To become attached to something |
Strike
(v. i.) To steal money. |
Strike
(n.) The act of striking. |
hit smash smasher
strike bang | 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 | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders, this pitcher throws more strikes than balls |
hit
hitting
striking | the act of contacting one thing with another, repeated hitting raised a large bruise, after three misses she finally got a hit |
| strike ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball, he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame |
| strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective, the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn |
| first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons, considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate, the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India |
| surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target |
preventive strike
preventive attack | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces |
| hunger strike | a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest |
strike
work stoppage | 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 |
sit-down
sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
sympathy strike
sympathetic strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike, a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer |
| wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union |
| pre-emptive strike | a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you |
contact
impinging
striking | the physical coming together of two or more things, contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull |
rap strike
tap | a gentle blow |
| strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
| strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
| strike leader | someone who leads a strike |
| strike pay | money paid to strikers from union funds |
| strike a blow | affect adversely, The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws |
| strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp, strike an arc |
| strike out | set out on a course of action, He struck out on his own |
| strike a chord | create an emotional response, The music struck a chord with the listeners |
| strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing, strike a balance, strike a bargain |
cross off
cross out
strike out
strike off
mark | remove from a list, Cross the name of the dead person off the list |
| strike | indicate (a certain time) by striking, The clock struck midnight, Just when I entered, the clock struck |
strike
hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target, The Germans struck Poland on Sept. , , We must strike the enemy's oil fields, in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game to |
retaliate
strike back | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil, The Empire strikes back, The Giants struck back and won the opener, The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing |
retire
strike out | cause to get out, The pitcher retired three batters, the runner was put out at third base |
| hit 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 hit | 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 | pierce with force, The bullet struck her thigh, The icy wind struck through our coats |
hit strike impinge on
run into collide with | hit against, come into sudden contact with, The car hit a tree, He struck the table with his elbow |
| knock strike hard | deliver a sharp blow or push :He knocked the glass clear across the room |
fell
drop strike down
cut down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow, strike down a tree, Lightning struck down the hikers |
strickle
strike | smooth with a strickle, strickle the grain in the measure |
| strike down | cause to die, especially suddenly, The disease struck down many young men in the village |
| 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 out | put out or be put out by a strikeout, Oral struck out three batters to close the inning |
strike scratch expunge
excise | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line, Please strike this remark from the record, scratch that remark |
mint
coin
strike | form by stamping, punching, or printing, strike coins, strike a medal |
| strike up | begin, strike up a conversation, strike up a friendship |
sound off
strike up | start playing, The musicians struck up a tune |
| strike | produce by ignition or a blow, strike fire from the flintstone, strike a match |
| strike a chord touch a chord | evoke a reaction, response, or emotion, this writer strikes a chord with young women, The storyteller touched a chord |
affect
impress move
strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon, This child impressed me as unusually mature, This behavior struck me as odd |
| strike dumb | render speechless, as by surprising or shocking, we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement |
hit home
strike home
strike a chord
strike a note | refer to or be relevant or familiar to, I hope this message hits home! |
| strike out | make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body |