Clues for the word "STRIKE"
We've had 112 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 159 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 13, 2026.
Definition of strike
- v. t. - To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
- v. t. - To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
- v. t. - To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- v. t. - To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
- v. t. - To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
- v. t. - To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- v. t. - To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
- v. t. - To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
- v. t. - To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
- v. t. - To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
- v. t. - To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
- v. t. - To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
- v. t. - To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
- v. t. - To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
- v. t. - To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
- v. t. - To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- v. t. - To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
- v. t. - To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
- v. t. - To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
- v. t. - To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- v. t. - To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
- v. i. - To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
- v. i. - To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- v. i. - To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
- v. i. - To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
- v. i. - To make an attack; to aim a blow.
- v. i. - To touch; to act by appulse.
- v. i. - To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
- v. i. - To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- v. i. - To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
- v. i. - To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
- v. i. - To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
- v. i. - To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
- v. i. - To steal money.
- n. - The act of striking.
- n. - An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- n. - A bushel; four pecks.
- n. - An old measure of four bushels.
- n. - Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
- n. - An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- n. - The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
- n. - A puddler's stirrer.
- n. - The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
- n. - The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Referring Clues
- Call at home
- Sound, as the hour
- Forty-niner's fantasy
- Its symbol is X
- Perfect pitch
- One third of a turkey
- Accomplishment in an alley
- Ump's cry
- X, to a bowler
- Swing and a miss
- Work stoppage
- Labor action
- Attack
- It may whiz past one's knees
- 1/3 of an out, perhaps
- Go on the picket line
- Bowling or baseball term
- Fouled-off pitch, perhaps
- Job action
- Its symbol is "X"
- Bowler's delight
- Alley coup
- Ump's call, in baseball
- Bowling feat
- Stop working
- Light, as a match
- Smack
- Hit
- Kegler's hope
- It could be a Broadway show-stopper
- Bowling goal
- X in an alley
- Ump's call
- See 29 Down
- Bowler's success
- Land a blow
- Swing and a miss, say
- Batter's miss
- One of three for an out
- Break camp
- See 37-Across
- X, in bowling
- Walk the picket line
- Ump's call, sometimes
- Walkout
- Umpire's call
- Foul ball, to the batter
- Temple of the Dog went on a "Hunger" one
- Down tools
- Give the impression, as you walk out
- Go out to get some more bread
- Run into when you go out
- Bring the match alive with shot at goal
- Bump into as you go out
- Won't work when you try to sound the note
- Discovery - vehicle on which Scott's setting out
- Are out to make an impression
- A blow to put you off work?
- Give the impression, as you go out
- Industrial protest
- Industrial dispute
- Way Republican president gets sock or belt
- Hit - miss (in baseball)
- Hit - down tools
- See 15
- All out assault
- Industrial action
- Hot iron available? Come out!
- All-out hit
- Make a sudden large financial gain
- Attack - industrial action
- Punch
- Word that can mean "a hit" or "a miss"
- Blow son's three-wheeler!
- Come out with second vehicle
- Pound is hit by industrial action
- Down tools to make an impression
- Find a source of abundance
- Hit son on pedal cycle
- Discover sock
- To make an impact, walk out
- Appear to knock down tools
- Hit for refusal to work
- Go out with a bang
- See 19
- Word on a picketer's sign
- Are out to attack
- 1/3 of a K
- Do nothing to give you the impression
- Enter one's mind to give up work
- Stop work to play ball?
- Are out? Blow!
- Term in baseball and bowling
- Hit back of reckless three-wheeler
- Deliver a blow to
- X, to a kegler
- Crash into the school head on a tricycle
- Pitcher's goal
- Bump into as you walk out
- Lash out when you get luck as a prospector
- What a batsman takes when the ball hits him?
- Foul ball, often
- Third of a turkey, in bowling
- To down tools can be a blow
- Go out when you light up
- Find mine won't work
- Won't work when you try to light it
- "Industrial action" does ring a bell
- What underpaid workers might do
- Success in pitching or bowling
- A blow to put you off work?
- Bowler's goal
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 03, 2025
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
- Daily American - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 09, 2025
- Daily American - March 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 03, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 01, 2023
- Daily American - October 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - September 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 20, 2023
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