on strike
Due to face the next delivery from the bowler.
strike
UK /stɹaɪk/ US /stɹaɪk/
verb 5noun 5name 1
Definitions
verb
1
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
Please strike the last sentence.
2
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.
[…]he at Philippi kept / His ſword e’ne like a dancer, while I ſtrooke / The leane and wrinkled Caſſius,[…]
3
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
And they ſhall take of the blood and ſtrike it on the two ſide poſtes,[…]
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
4
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Nay when? ſtrike now, or elſe the Iron cooles.
5
To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
We will strike a medal in your honour.
[I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the original formwork.
noun
1
A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
It was then I knew I had made my third mistake. Yes, three strikes right across the plate, and as I hollered "Honey, please wait" she was gone.
2
The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
3
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
4
A blow or application of physical force against something.
Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks,[…]
[…] and they could hear the rough sound, could hear too the first strikes of rain as though called down by the music.
5
An attack, not necessarily physical.
air strike; first strike
name
1
A surname.
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