strike in English: To hit someone or something hard. It is also the word for a time when workers stop work to ask for better pay. (verb)

Translation

To hit someone or something hard. It is also the word for a time when workers stop work to ask for better pay.

Word origin

From Old English strican, meaning to stroke or to rub. The harder sense of hitting came later.

Verb typeirregular (strike, strikes, struck)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

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"Struck" is the past form of "strike".

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A clock strikes when it hits its bell to tell the hour.

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"On strike" means the workers have stopped work to ask for something.

hit

To move your hand or an object quickly and hard against something.

fight

To try to hurt or beat another person or group, often with hands or weapons.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

war

A time of fighting between countries or large groups of people.

break

To make something come apart into pieces, or to stop it working.

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