strike

strike · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To hit forcibly.

  2. 2.

    To attack suddenly.

  3. 3.

    To refuse to work as a protest.

  4. 4.

    To suddenly occur to.

  5. 5.

    [as noun]A refusal to work; a hit.

Related words

See also: attack, hit, protest
Synonyms: attack, hit, walkout

Etymology

From Old English strīcan ("to stroke, go, proceed").