1. A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; SYN. work stoppage.
2. A pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit
3. A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; SYN. ten-strike.
4. An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
Stoppage of work by employees (with picketing), often as members of a labor union, to obtain or resist change in wages, hours, or conditions. A “lockout” is a weapon of an employer to thwart or enforce such change by preventing employees from working. Another measure is “work to rule,” when production is virtually brought to a halt by strict observance of union rules.
Strikes may be “official” (union-authorized) or “wildcat” (undertaken spontaneously) and may be accompanied by a sit-in or work-in, the one being worker occupation of a factory and the other continuation of work in a plant the employer wishes to close. In a “sympathetic” strike, action is in support of other workers on strike elsewhere, possibly in a different industry. See also industrial relations.

1. To deliver a blow to, deliver a stroke to.
2. To hit a key or note; also used metaphorically:; SYN. hit.
3. To cause (an arc) to form (as between electrodes of an arc lamp).
4. To indicate a certain time by striking, of clocks.
5. To remove by erasing or crossing out; SYN. expunge, excise.
6. To make an attack against an enemy or a target; SYN. hit.
7. To find unexpectedly:; SYN. come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, discover.
8. To arrive at or come upon, as of solutions to problems.
9. To stop work in order to press demands; SYN. walk out.