strike

A2 Topic:War & Conflict

US /stiː.ɹaɪk/ UK /stɹaɪk/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #1577

Meanings

1

verb
To hit someone or something hard.

The ball struck him on the head.
2

noun
A time when workers refuse to work in protest at pay or conditions.

The strike lasted more than a month before it was settled.
3

verb
To suddenly come into someone's mind or give an impression.

It struck me that we had met before.
4

noun
A sudden military attack.

The air strike was scheduled to begin at dawn.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to hit someone or something... hit

2 noun · a time when workers refuse... work stoppage

Word family

Forms strikesstruck

Derived forms airstrikeanti-strikeantistrikeawestruckbirdstrikecounterstrikecunt-struckdouble-struckdumbstruckflystruckfuckstruckgobstruck

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

*streyg- Proto-Indo-European stryken Middle English strīcan Old English *strīkan Proto-West Germanic *strīkaną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

War & Conflict

# strike

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** stiː.ɹaɪk
**IPA (UK):** stɹaɪk
**Frequency rank:** 1577

## Meanings
1. To hit someone or something hard.
2. A time when workers refuse to work in protest at pay or conditions.
3. To suddenly come into someone's mind or give an impression.
4. A sudden military attack.

## Examples
- The ball struck him on the head.
- The strike lasted more than a month before it was settled.
- It struck me that we had met before.
- The air strike was scheduled to begin at dawn.

## Derived Forms
- airstrike
- anti-strike
- antistrike
- awestruck
- birdstrike
- counterstrike
- cunt-struck
- double-struck
- dumbstruck
- flystruck
- fuckstruck
- gobstruck

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *streyg-
- Root: stryken
- Root: strīcan
- Root: *strīkan
- Root: *strīkaną

## Etymology
From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

## AI Etymology
Strike is from Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva. In present-day use, it can mean to hit someone or something hard, or a time when workers refuse to work in protest at pay or conditions.

## Topics
- War & Conflict

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