Meanings (ES + gloss)
strike
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.
huelga • paro
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
golpe
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,[…]
[…] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
interpresa
An attack, not necessarily physical.
air strike; first strike
Phrases
February strikeItalian strikeair strikeairstrikealpha strikeanti-strikeantistrikebird strikebirdstrikebridge strikecheckerboard strikeclimate strikecompliance strikedeadbolt strikedecapitation strikefarm the strikefirst strikegeneral strikego on strikehate strikeheelstrikehunger strikelatch strikelightning strikeon strikeone strike and you're outprecision F-strikepreemptive strikerampstrikerelay strikerent strikesecond strikesex strikesignature strikesit-down strikesplendid first strikestrike actionstrike bowlerstrike breakingstrike camp
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
borrar • tachar
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
asestar • golpear • pegar • propinar
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.
acuñar
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
[I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the orig…
sobrevenir
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,[…], and therefore my lack of detection…
The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire.
ocurrirse • parecer
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.
I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable. It struck me as singularly odd, that among the universal d…
descubrir • impactar • impresionar • sacudir • sorprender
To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
In like manner the writings of mere men[…]strike and surprise us most upon our first perusal of them[…].
to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror
arriar • bajar
To take down, especially in the following contexts.
The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
hacer huelga • huelguear • parar el trabajo
To take down, especially in the following contexts.
Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their…
Phrases
awestruckcounterstrikecunt-struckdouble-struckdumbstruckflystruckfuckstruckgobstruckgrief-strickenheartstrickenhorror-strucklight-strucklightning does not strike twice in the same placelightning doesn't strike twice in the same placelightning never strikes twice in the same placelove-struckmisstrikemoonstruckoutstrikeoverstrikepanic-strickenpanic-strikeplanet-struckpoverty-strickenrestrikestagestruckstar-struckstrike a balancestrike a bargainstrike a blowstrike a chordstrike a false notestrike a jurystrike a leadstrike a lightstrike a mediumstrike a nervestrike a strokestrike at the heart ofstrike back