strike
— Noun
– English
~ (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"
strike
— Noun
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~ a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
strike-slip fault
— Noun
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~ a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
strike pay
— Noun
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~ money paid to strikers from union funds
strike
— Noun
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~ 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"
strikebreaker
— Noun
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~ someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
strikebreaking
— Noun
– English
~ confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers
strikeout
— Noun
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~ an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
striker
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~ someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
striker
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~ a forward on a soccer team
striker
— Noun
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~ the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
striker
— Noun
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~ an employee on strike against an employer
striker
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~ someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
striking
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~ the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
striking
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~ the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
strikingness
— Noun
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~ the state of being salient
strikingness
— Noun
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~ the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly