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strike

strike

3 3.1
All ten pins knocked down with the first ball
  • noun
  • /straɪk/
: pleno
  • She celebrated her strike with a high five after hitting all the pins.

Examples

  • We went bowling and I made four strikes!

  • Yeah, it's a bowling term for when you get three strikes in a row.

  • Did Johnson even throw a strike the whole time?

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  • A strike is better than a spare, right?

  • My first weekend at the University of Alabama, I bowled one strike away from a perfect game, I think.

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  • I WAS GETTING STRIKE AFTER STRIKE, KNOCKING DOWN ALL THE PINS.

  • When I bowled last night, I was thrilled to get a strike on my first try.

  • In bowling, a strike occurs when all ten pins are knocked down with one ball.

Synonyms

ten-strike
vsstrike
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A bowler knocks down all ten pins with the first ball in a frame

is the action itself rather than the resulting score

Idioms

66 3.3

Refusing to work to protest, usually by a group of workers

Make people feel a strong connection when it seems familiar

To seriously damage an idea or reputation

Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends

To make a flame with a match or lighter

To take action that supports justice

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

28 3.2

To refuse to eat as a way to protest or demand change

A surprise attack carried out to stop an enemy from attacking first

strike zone
  • Specialized
12 4.4

Area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders where a pitch must pass to be called a strike

12 8.6

A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back

A military attack aimed at one target to avoid damage nearby

first strike
  • Specialized
4 5.0

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

Workers stay at their workplace and refuse to work until demands are met

A strike by workers not approved by their union

1 7.0

Workers stop work to support other workers on strike

strike pay
  • Jargon
1 6.7

Money a union gives members during a strike to help with living costs

strike-slip fault
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally

1 7.2

A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens

ten-strike
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A bowler knocks down all ten pins with the first ball in a frame

Workers stop work to support other workers who are not working

8.0

A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules

Surface Forms

strike singular
strikes plural

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.