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struck

/st͡ʃɹʌk/
Meanings
  • Verb

    1. To hit or strike something or someone.

    - "He struck the ball with his bat."
    - "The hammer struck the nail."
    - "The thunderstorm struck the power lines."
  • Verb

    2. To affect or influence in a marked way.

    - "The loss of her job struck her deeply."
    - "The news struck me as surprising."
    - "The tragedy struck a chord with many people."
Pronunciation
  1. /st͡ʃɹʌk/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with struck
cracked , hacked , packed , slacked , tracked
Homophones
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  1. streak (English) : A long, narrow mark or line

  2. strokes (English) : Plural form of stroke

Variants
List of all variants of struck that leads to same result
strike , struck , stricken , strike it rich , strikes , strikes it rich , striking , striking it rich , struck it rich , struck blind , struck deaf , struck deaf/blind , struck dumb , horror-struck , be struck by , be struck on , struck on herself , fly-strike , fly-strikes , fly-struck , mis-strike , mis-strikes , mis-striking , mis-struck , misstrike , misstrikes , misstriking , misstruck
Forms
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past tense: struck; past participle: struck; present participle: striking

Etymology
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Old English strican; related to strikene, striken, from stric 'row'; a stripe, probably because of the idea of making a line or mark.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'strike it rich' comes from the gold rush days when miners would strike it rich by finding a valuable vein of gold.

  2. In the game of pool, striking the cue ball correctly is essential to making a successful shot.

Related Concepts
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  1. impact: The force or effect of striking something

  2. strike: An action or event of hitting or attacking

Culture
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In literature, 'struck' is often used to describe a sudden realization, emotion, or impact. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth exclaims, 'I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which, like his mountain in its overthrow, stands at a precipice and thinks it can fly.' This usage of 'struck' highlights its ability to evoke strong emotions and sudden change.

How to Memorize "struck"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize striking a bell to hear the sound it makes.

  2. associate

    - Associate 'struck' with the sound of a bell being struck or a hammer hitting a nail.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the word 'struck' and the sound it makes, such as 'Sounds like a bell when you STRUCK it.'

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