struck

[ struhk ]
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verb
  1. the simple past tense and a past participle of strike.

adjective
  1. (of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.

  2. overcome, obsessed, or deeply affected by a specified person, feeling, or thing (used in combination): Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that the rider was headless.If you know any stagestruck youngsters begging for ballet lessons, these new dance books will get them off on the right foot.

Origin of struck

1
First recorded in 1890–95 for def. 2

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British Dictionary definitions for struck

struck

/ (strʌk) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of strike

adjective
  1. mainly US and Canadian (of an industry, factory, etc) shut down or otherwise affected by a labour strike

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