To enter suddenly or with force. / To enter or add to a conversation; to say (something) by way of interruption or addition to a conversation.

Making a strong impression. / (non-comparable, of employees) On strike, taking part in industrial action.

present participle of strike

The act by which something strikes or is struck.

plural of striking

(cricket) To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.

(intransitive, often with at) To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.

(baseball) The area through which if a pitched ball passes, it will be called a strike, typically from the batter's knees to the belt and the width of home plate.

A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.

(baseball) The number of runs of a batter divided by the number of balls faced.