Definitions
a conspicuous success
Word origin
From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”).
Used in a sentence
“Please strike the last sentence.”
“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,[…]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Stop work in protest”6 letters
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