strike
- noun
- /straɪk/
- She celebrated her strike with a high five after hitting all the pins.
Examples
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We went bowling and I made four strikes!
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Yeah, it's a bowling term for when you get three strikes in a row.
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Did Johnson even throw a strike the whole time?
Blog text (3) -
A strike is better than a spare, right?
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My first weekend at the University of Alabama, I bowled one strike away from a perfect game, I think.
Blog text (27) -
I WAS GETTING STRIKE AFTER STRIKE, KNOCKING DOWN ALL THE PINS.
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When I bowled last night, I was thrilled to get a strike on my first try.
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In bowling, a strike occurs when all ten pins are knocked down with one ball.
Synonyms
A bowler knocks down all ten pins with the first ball in a frame
Idioms
- Informal
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To criticize or take advantage of someone when they are weak
Compounds
A sudden flash of electricity from the sky that hits something or a sudden strong idea
- Specialized
Area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders where a pitch must pass to be called a strike
- NSFW
A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back
- Specialized
An attack launched early to stop a threat that is about to happen, for example in war or computer attacks
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
- Jargon
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
- Formal
A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strike in bowling is very literal: it comes from the basic meaning of a hit, so a strike is when one ball hits and knocks down all the pins at once.