strike
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4.4
- noun
- /straɪk/
- Jargon
- What makes baseball interesting is not knowing if the umpire is going to accurately call the ball or the strike on the edges of the strike zone.
- three strikes
- balls and strikes
- strike zone
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Watch on YouTubeAnd so I, I'm calling balls and strikes as I see them.
- And so I, I'm calling balls and strikes as I see them.
- I think that it's it's knowing, it's kind of also knowing what your strike zone is.
- And where you have a home plate official who has microphones in his or headphones in his ears and the ball comes by and they call ball a strike.
- So according to Osta, being a strike is a social construct that serves some purpose in the game by keeping track of the ball's underlying properties.
Examples
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Don't swing if it's not in the strike zone.
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OK, let's say strike one, strike two, strike three.
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Right in the strike zone.
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Think you can throw a strike on this pitch?
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We're one strike away from extra innings.
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Bobby Thomson takes a strike called on the inside corner.
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First pitch is a strike; they look back at the umpire with that look.
Fiction book (2001) -
Each subject was then instructed to throw a fastball at maximum velocity to the strike zone.
Academic text (2004) -
Three strikes, you're out.
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When the batter swung and missed for the third time, the umpire called it a strike.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
2
4.7
Do something quickly to use a good chance before it ends
- Informal
To criticize or take advantage of someone when they are weak
Compounds
41
3.2
A sudden flash of electricity from the sky that hits something or a sudden strong idea
- 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
- NSFW
12
8.6
A surprise attack with nuclear weapons to destroy an enemy's ability to fight back
- Specialized
4
5.0
An attack launched early to stop a threat that is about to happen, for example in war or computer attacks
2
4.7
A person who plans and speaks for workers who stop work for better pay or conditions
- Specialized
1
7.4
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
- Formal
1
7.2
A military action to stop an expected attack by an enemy before it happens
- Jargon
A stoppage of work by workers to make managers follow safety and other workplace rules
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strike in baseball comes from the idea of the pitch 'hitting' the strike zone or the batter missing a hit; from the same root meaning 'hit' it became a count against the batter.