Strike
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. To hit. To stop working to achieve better working conditions. To impress, seem or appear (to). To manufacture, as by stamping. To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo, etc. To capitulate: to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. (theatrical) To dismantle and take away the set; (strike the set) Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught the act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame a work stoppage a blow or application of physical force against something 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
Example sentence: If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won't ask for wages, they won't go on strike, they won't call for benefits; they'll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that's optimal for corporations' economic health.
Tap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To furnish with taps.To draw off liquid from a vesselTo place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.To intercept a communication without authority.To cut an internal screw thread.To have sexual intercourse with.To strike lightly.To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.To make a sharp noise.To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.A device used to dispense liquids.A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.
Example sentence: That's a term that I really like - 'permissionless innovation' - because anybody who has an idea and has a solution can tap into or can leverage the Bitcoin blockchain.