A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught. • The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame. • A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. • A blow or application of physical force against something. • An attack, not necessarily physical. • In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option. • An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel. • The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at. • The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen. • The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body. • An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. • Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time. • Excellence; quality. • An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. • A puddler's stirrer. • The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail. • The discovery of a source of something. • The strike plate of a door. • A nibble on the bait by a fish. • A cancellation postmark. • An imperfect matrix for type.