strikes

Noun

strike (plural strikes)

1. A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
   • It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.1996, Lyle Lovett, “Her First Mistake”, in The Road to Ensenada
2. The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
3. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
   • After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.

   Synonyms:

   walkout

   Antonyms:

   industrial peace, lockout, non-strike, nonstrike

4. A blow or application of physical force against something.
   • Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks,[…]1990, Chris Traish, Leigh Olsson, An Overview of Martial Arts, page 14
5. (broadly) An attack, not necessarily physical.
   • air strike; first strike
6. In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

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