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strike

/straɪk/verb

उच्चारण स्ट्राइक

मारना; सूझना; हड़ताल करना

Core word

verbstruck, struck
  1. 1

    [T, I]

    to hit somebody or something hard or with force; (of an idea) to come into somebody's mind suddenly; to refuse to work as a protest; (of disaster) to happen suddenly

    मारना; सूझना; हड़ताल करना

    • An idea struck me.
    • The workers are striking.

    Synonyms hit beat occur to protest attack

noun
  1. 1

    [C, U]

    a period of time when an organized group of employees refuse to work; a sudden military attack

    हड़ताल; हमला

    • on strike
    • surgical strike

    Synonyms walkout stoppage attack raid assault

Idioms 3

strike a chord (with sb)

to say or do sth that makes people feel sympathy or enthusiasm

(किसी के) दिल को छू जाना

  • Her speech about village schools struck a chord with the audience.
  • The song struck a chord with young listeners.

strike it rich

to get a lot of money, especially suddenly or unexpectedly (informal)

अचानक ढेर सारा पैसा मिल जाना (अनौपचारिक)

  • He struck it rich with his first business.
  • They hoped to strike it rich in the city.

strike lucky

to have good luck (British, informal)

क़िस्मत चमक जाना (अनौपचारिक)

  • We struck lucky with the weather.
  • She struck lucky and found a flat near the office.
→Phrasal verbs 4

strike sb/sth off / strike sb/sth off sth

to remove somebody or something from a list, especially a professional one

(किसी का नाम) सूची से काट देना

  • The doctor was struck off for misconduct.

strike out / strike sth out/through

to start being independent; to remove a word, etc by drawing a line through it

(अपने दम पर) स्वतंत्र रूप से नया रास्ता अपनाना; (शब्द आदि पर) लकीर खींचकर काट देना

  • She left the firm and struck out on her own.
  • Strike out the wrong word and write the correct one above it.

strike up (with sth) / strike up sth

(of a band, etc.) to begin to play a piece of music; to begin a friendship, a conversation, etc

(बैंड का) बजाना शुरू करना; (बातचीत या दोस्ती) शुरू करना

  • He struck up a conversation with the man next to him.
  • The band struck up the national anthem.

strike back (at sb/sth)

to try to harm sb in return for an attack or injury they have caused you

(हमले या नुक़सान का) जवाबी हमला करना; पलटवार करना

  • The army struck back within hours.
  • When critics attacked her book, she struck back in a newspaper article.
◇Word family
striking adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

hit beat occur to protest attack walkout stoppage raid assault

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Strike while the iron is hot (act at the right moment), strike a balance (find a middle way), strike a chord (make people feel sympathy), on strike (refusing to work); verb forms: strike, struck, struck (stricken for illness or grief).

Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: strike while the iron is hot (सही समय पर कार्य करना, लोहा गर्म हो तब चोट करो), strike a balance (बीच का रास्ता खोजना), strike a chord (लोगों में सहानुभूति जगाना), on strike (हड़ताल पर); verb forms: strike, struck, struck (रोग या शोक के लिए stricken)।