has gloss | (verb) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" strike |
lexicalization | eng: strike |
subclass of | (verb) make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" touch |
has subclass | (verb) strike or punch with quick and short blows jab |
has subclass | (verb) hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" dab, pat |
has subclass | (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" bunt, butt |
has subclass | (verb) deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room" strike hard, knock |
has subclass | (verb) cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" knock down, cut down, push down, pull down, down |
has subclass | (verb) strike with a spur spur |
has subclass | (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion peck, beak, pick |
has subclass | (verb) strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" tip, tap |
has subclass | (verb) strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak" hew |
has subclass | (verb) strike from the side sideswipe |
has subclass | (verb) strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face" lash, whip |
has subclass | (verb) hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" beat |
has subclass | (verb) strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" beat |
has subclass | (verb) strike (the ground) in making a sclaff sclaff |
has subclass | (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker" clout |
has subclass | (verb) strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" rap, knap |
has subclass | (verb) strike sharply, as in some sports chop |
has subclass | (verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead" slap |
has subclass | (verb) strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first sclaff |
has subclass | (verb) strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" batter, knock about, buffet |