Meaning

noun a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

noun an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

noun a gentle blow

originFrom 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”). Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.

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