STRUCK Definition & Meaning

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struck

[ struhk ]

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verb

the simple past tense and a past participle of strike.

adjective

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

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verb

the past tense and past participle of strike

adjective

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

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Origin of struck¹

First recorded in 1890–95 struck fordef 2

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In the fifth, Birmingham scored three runs to support Allen Olmos, who struck out five and walked none in a complete game.

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Kryvyi Rih also came under attack earlier this week when a building in the centre was struck, leaving four people dead.

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Not the least bit self-absorbed, he shared some of the trials of his own widowhood, which struck a chord with me.

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He struck out four batters in 1 2/3 innings.

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I’m struck by your reference there to how this kind of post-Reconstruction, gilded, social Darwinist era kind of paved the road for fascism to come later.

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