struck

[struhk]

verb

1. the simple past tense and a past participle of strike.

adjective

1. (of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.

2. overcome, obsessed, or deeply affected by a specified person, feeling, or thing (used in combination).

   Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that the rider was headless.

   If you know any stagestruck youngsters begging for ballet lessons, these new dance books will get them off on the right foot.

struck

/ strʌk /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of strike

adjective

1. (of an industry, factory, etc) shut down or otherwise affected by a labour strike

Word History and Origins

Origin of struck¹

First recorded in 1890–95 struck for def. 2

Example Sentences

The California Republican Party struck another new low last week when news came that its shrinking ranks now make up less than 28% of the state’s registered voters.

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Crowe held to its view that it didn’t need to sell to private equity as many of its peers struck deals.

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Spain's weather agency on Thursday issued its highest alert for heavy rains in Alicante in the eastern region of Valencia, where deadly floods struck last year, warning of "extraordinary danger".

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He has surrendered no runs and struck out three, overpowering opposing hitters with a 100-mph fastball and a devastating splitter.

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The stage was set perfectly—until Judge struck out, flailingly wildly at a 3-2 splitter that was nowhere near the plate.

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Related Words

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