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1 PHRASAL VERB If you strike out , you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent. □ [V P ] She wanted me to strike out on my own, buy a business. □ [V P ] …a desire to make changes and to strike out in new directions.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you strike out at someone, you hit, attack, or speak angrily to them. □ [V P + at ] He seemed always ready to strike out at anyone and for any cause. □ [V P ] Frampton struck out blindly, hitting not Waddington, but an elderly man.

3 PHRASAL VERB If someone strikes out , they fail. [AM , INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] He was the firm's second lawyer. The first one had struck out completely.

4 → see also strike 19

▸  strike up

1 PHRASAL VERB When you strike up a conversation or friendship with someone, you begin one. [WRITTEN ] □ [V P n] I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation.

2 PHRASAL VERB When musicians strike up a piece of music, or when music strikes up , the music begins. □ [V P n] And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem. □ [V P ] The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring. SYNONYMS strike NOUN 1

walkout:They organized a walkout.

industrial action:Prison officers have decided to take industrial action.

mutiny:They were shot yesterday after being convicted of mutiny and high treason. VERB 3

hit:She hit him hard across his left arm.

smack:She smacked me on the side of the head.

thump:He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over.

slap:I slapped him hard across the face.

stri ke-breaker (strike-breakers ) also strikebreaker N‑COUNT A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.

strik|er /stra I kə ^r / (strikers )

1 N‑COUNT In football and some other team sports, a striker is a player who mainly attacks and scores goals, rather than defends. □  …and the England striker scored his sixth goal of the season.

2 → see also strike

strik|ing ◆◇◇ /stra I k I ŋ/

1 ADJ Something that is striking is very noticeable or unusual. □  The most striking feature of those statistics is the high proportion of suicides. □  He bears a striking resemblance to Lenin. ●  strik|ing|ly ADV [usu ADV adj] □  In one respect, however, the men really were strikingly similar. □  …a strikingly handsome man.

2 ADJ Someone who is striking is very attractive, in a noticeable way. □  She was a striking woman with long blonde hair.

3 → see also strike

Strim|mer /str I mə ^r / (Strimmers ) N‑COUNT A Strimmer is an electric tool used for cutting long grass or grass at the edge of a lawn. It cuts the grass with a piece of plastic cord which goes round very fast. [TRADEMARK ]

string ◆◇◇ /str I ŋ/ (strings , stringing , strung )

1 N‑VAR String is thin rope made of twisted threads, used for tying things together or tying up parcels. □  He held out a small bag tied with string. □  …a shiny metallic coin on a string.

2 N‑COUNT A string of things is a number of them on a piece of string, thread, or wire. □ [+ of ] She wore a string of pearls around her neck. □ [+ of ] …a string of fairy lights.