(transitive, idiomatic) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship. / (intransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To start something, usually playing live music.

Alternative spelling of strikebreaking

Alternative form of strikebreaking

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strike out

present participle of strike-break

Alternative spelling of strikebreaking

(cricket) To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.

(intransitive, often with at) To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.

(baseball) The area through which if a pitched ball passes, it will be called a strike, typically from the batter's knees to the belt and the width of home plate.

(baseball) The number of runs of a batter divided by the number of balls faced.