strike (/straɪk/)
noun · Intermediate · Work & Business
🔊 /straɪk/
Meaning
Meaning: organized work stoppage
A period when workers stop working as a protest, usually to demand better pay or conditions.
Examples
🗣 The train drivers went on strike, so no trains ran across the country that day.
Etymology
From Old English ‘strican’ (to stroke, go); the labor sense comes from sailors ‘striking’ (lowering) sails to stop work.
How & Where It’s Used
Means a work protest, a hit, or a discovery (to strike gold).
Tags: work, labor