strike
verb
1 verb collide with TRANSITIVEbuail verb the car struck the wall bhuail an carr an balla, bhuail an carr faoin mballashe was struck by a car bhuail carr íthe ball struck him in the head bhuail an liathróid sa cheann é 2 verb hit with a blow TRANSITIVEbuail verb he struck me with his fist bhuail sé lena dhorn méTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb knock against TRANSITIVEbuail verb I struck my knee off the table bhuail mé mo ghlúin faoin mbord, bhuail mé mo ghlúin ar an tábla 4 verb SPOR kick, hit ball etc
TRANSITIVEbuail verb she struck it high over the bar bhuail sí go hard thar an trasnán éhe struck the post bhuail sé an posta
INTRANSITIVEbuail verb strike on your weak side buail ar an taobh laghe struck wide chuir sé an liathróid amúshe struck from 50 metres out bhuail sí buille ó 50 méadar amach
5 verb SPOR score INTRANSITIVEscóráil verb they struck in the tenth minute scóráil siad sa deichiú nóiméad 6 verb lightning 7 verb MIL attack TRANSITIVEionsaigh verb ruathar a dhéanamh ar 8 verb make violent attack INTRANSITIVEionsaigh verb ionsaí a dhéanamh terrorists could strike anywhere d'fhéadfadh sceimhlitheoirí ionsaí a dhéanamh aon áitthe thieves struck when we were away tháinig na gadaithe agus muid as láthair 9 verb illness, disaster, etc INTRANSITIVEtarlaigh verb disaster struck tharla an tubaisteif another earthquake strikes má tharlaíonn crith talún eile
TRANSITIVEbuail verb the tsunami struck the eastern coast bhuail an súnámaí an cósta thoirtragedy struck them on the first day bhuail tragóid iad an chéad láthe same disease struck her sister bhuail an galar céanna a deirfiúr
10 verb thought, idea TRANSITIVEbuail verb rith le PhrV a thought struck me bhuail smaoineamh mé, rith smaoineamh liomit struck her that it was odd rith sé léi go raibh sé ait 11 verb make impression on TRANSITIVEtéigh i gcion ar téigh i bhfeidhm ar I was really struck by their strength chuaigh a láidreacht i bhfeidhm go mór orm, chuir mé sonrú ar leith ina neartwhat struck me was how dangerous the work is is é a bhaolaí atá an obair a chuaigh i bhfeidhm ormshe strikes me as being very clever feictear dom gur duine an-chliste íit struck us as strange that he wasn't there b'ait linn nach raibh sé annit struck her with dismay chuir sé díomá uirthi 12 verb clock, bell 13 verb MUS hit key, note, etc TRANSITIVEbuail verb to strike a note nóta a bhualadh 14 verb match etc INTRANSITIVElas verb
15 verb coin, medal TRANSITIVEbuail verb to strike a medal bonn a bhualadh 16 verb shine on TRANSITIVEbuail verb when the light strikes it nuair a bhuaileann an solas é 17 verb MIN, IND discover oil etc TRANSITIVEaimsigh verb tar ar PhrV they struck oil off Achill tháinig siad ar ola amach ó Acaill 18 verb IND, BUS-ADM go on strike INTRANSITIVEtéigh ar stailcthey have the right to strike tá de cheart acu dul ar stailcwe're striking for better pay táimid ar stailc ar mhaithe le pá níos fearrnoun
19 noun IND, BUS-ADM withdrawal of labourstailc fem2 a bus strike has been called by the unions tá na ceardchumainn tar éis stailc bus a ghairmwe went on strike chuamar ar stailcthey're on strike over working conditions tá siad ar stailc mar gheall ar dhálaí oibre 20 noun SPOR act of hitting ballbuille masc4 she has a great strike tá an-bhuille aici 21 noun SPOR attempt to scoreiarracht fem3 a long-range strike iarracht ó i bhfad amachdon't let him get a strike at goal ná lig dó amas a fháil ar an gcúl 22 noun by lightningsplanc thintríbuille tintrí 23 noun MIL military attackionsaí masc they carried out a missile strike against them rinne siad ionsaí diúracán orthu 24 noun MIN, IND finding of oil, gold, etcaimsiú masc oil strike aimsiú ola 25 noun SPOR in baseballsárú masc 26 noun SPOR in tenpin bowlingstríoc fem2