Strikes

What do we mean by strikes?

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.

The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.

A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.

A blow or application of physical force against something.

In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.

An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.

The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.

An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.

Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

(ironworking) A puddler's stirrer.

The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.

The discovery of a source of something.

The strike plate of a door.

Words that are spelled similarly to strikes:
strikes, strike, stripes, striker, strides, strokes, strives, strakes, strikers, striges, shrikes, trikes, strifes.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word strikes:
jedi, formosa, jima, luzon, leyte, strike, okinawa, kicks, lightning, wages, riots, striking, friendship, wage, planes, enemy, opponent, conversation, iraqi, protest, struck, balance, syria, targeted, labor, syrian, carrier, bases, bombing, violent, shipping, casualties, demands.

Words that rhyme with strikes:
yikes, likes, spikes, pikes, dikes, ickes, bikes, dykes, sikes, sykes, hikes, tykes, kikes, mikes, tikes, shrikes, turnpikes, dislikes, airstrikes, trikes, nikes, motorbikes, fikes, wykes, vikes, lykes, alikes, hitchhikes, hykes, moueix, reicks.

Adjectives that are often used to describe strikes:
general, many, major, several, political, more, down, nuclear, unofficial, sympathetic, numerous, illegal, industrial, preemptive, violent, successful, massive, widespread, frequent, local, big, serious, military, wildcat, recent, retaliatory, national, three, jurisdictional, bitter, spontaneous, emptive, sporadic, scale, terrorist, surgical, unauthorized, wide, limited, fewer, prolonged, rich, nationwide, unsuccessful, occasional, day, lucky, israeli, partial, militant, agricultural, quick, tactical, postwar, costly, led, rent, hunger, extensive, wartime, strategic, disastrous, bloody, revolutionary, selective, offensive, minor.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective strikes:
statute, bell, movement, out, attitude, laws, right, law, match, man.

Consonant match to strikes:
strokes, streaks, strix, strakes.

Words that sound like strikes:
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