strident
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
strident
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
strident
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
stridently
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a strident manner; "the cheap clock ticked stridently"
strider
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
stridor
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx
stridulate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
stridulation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
strife
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ lack of agreement or harmony
strife
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
Strigidae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
sit-down strike
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
strike
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn"
strike leader
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ someone who leads a strike
strike
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (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"