Strikes
Organized work stoppages
Strikes covers several related ideas of hitting or stopping.
A strike is a forceful blow—lightning strikes, a snake strikes, you strike a match.
In labor, a strike is workers refusing to work until demands are met: The union voted to strike.
In baseball, a strike is a pitch the batter swings at and misses, or one that crosses the plate in the strike zone.
To strike someone as something is to give an impression: It strikes me as odd.
When you strike gold or oil, you discover it.
To strike up a conversation is to begin one.
What strikes you is what affects or impresses you.
Move air forcefully
- punchStrike with fist
- smackStrike with open hand
- slapOpen-handed blow
- impactForceful contact or consequence
swing · contact · force · collision · whack · thump · jab · wallop
Aircraft-delivered military attack
- bombingAttack with explosives
- raidSudden armed incursion
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- targetObject of pursuit
precision · surgical · missile · attack · retaliation · preemptive · sortie · bombardment
Protest by leaving
- picketPointed fence stake
- unionJoining into one
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- workersPeople doing jobs
demonstration · negotiation · collective · bargaining · stoppage · industrial · grievance · solidarity
Pointed sewing fasteners
- laneDesignated travel strip
- spareHeld in reserve
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- frameSupporting outer structure
turkey · gutter · perfect · alley · tenpin · split · roll · game
Threaded rod for nuts
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- flashBrief burst of light
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- rodThin rigid stick
conductor · grounding · electricity · surge · tree · electrocution · discharge · voltage
blow
Move air forcefully
impact · swing · contact · force · collision · whack · thump · jab · wallop · slug
airstrike
Aircraft-delivered military attack
target · precision · surgical · missile · attack · retaliation · preemptive · sortie · bombardment · offensive
walkout
Protest by leaving
workers · demonstration · negotiation · collective · bargaining · stoppage · industrial · grievance · solidarity · demands
pins
Pointed sewing fasteners
frame · turkey · gutter · perfect · alley · tenpin · split · roll · game · score
bolt
Threaded rod for nuts
rod · conductor · grounding · electricity · surge · tree · electrocution · discharge · voltage · weather
gold
Element seventy-nine
prospector · mining · bonanza · lucky · fortune · motherlode · deposit · claim · rich · find
pitch
Frequency of sound
count · foul · called · looking · swinging · zone · plate · pitcher · whiff · strikeout
Strikesnegotiations
Formal discussion seeking agreement
working · cooperation · labor peace · employment · compliance
- strike outDelete or fail batting
- on strikeProtesting by stopping work
- striking outEliminating by crossing through
- strike it richSuddenly acquire great wealth
- strike downAnnul by authority
- strike backRespond with force