Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

hunger-strike

 - 2 dictionary results

hunger strike

–noun
a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.

Origin:
1885–90

hun⋅ger-strike

[huhng-ger-strahyk]
–verb (used without object), -struck, -strik⋅ing.
to go on a hunger strike.

Origin:
1910–15


hunger striker, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To hunger-strike
Search another word or see hunger-strike on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: