I
n.
blow that strikes the target
1) to score a ~
2) to take a ~ (our ship took several direct ~s)
3) a direct ~
success
( colloq. )
4) to make a ~ with (she made quite a ~ with the audience)
5) a smash ~
II
v.
1) ('to strike') to ~ hard
2) ( d ; intr. ) ('to strike') to ~ against, on (he ~ his head on the ceiling)
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ at ('to attack') (the press ~ hard at governmental corruption)
4) (slang) ( AE ) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ for ('to make a request of') (he ~ me for twenty dollars)
5) ( D ; tr. ) ('to strike') to ~ in (to ~ smb. in the face)
6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on, upon ('to discover') (they finally ~ on an acceptable compromise)
7) ( BE ) ( O ; can be used with one animate object) ('to strike') he ~ me a hard blow