restrike

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noun

The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounrestrike (plural restrikes)

plural restrikes

  1. The striking again of a key, for example on a piano.
  2. hobbiesA coin newly struck from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
  3. The reignition of the arc in an arc lamp.
  4. broadcastingA new print struck from an old negative.
verbrestrike (third-person singular simple present restrikes, present participle restriking, simple past restruck, past participle restruck or restricken)

present singular third person restrikes · participle present restriking · past restruck · participle past restruck · participle past restricken

  1. transitiveTo strike again.

    She heard her father stumbling against an armchair, then the sound of a match struck and restruck lightly against a box.

    1928, Julien Green, The Closed Garden, page 62
  2. To strike a coin from old dies after the original minting of that coin had ceased.
  3. To reignite the arc in an arc lamp.
  4. broadcastingTo strike a new print from an old negative.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishstrike
  7. Englishrestrike

From re- + strike.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

restrike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrike

MLA

“restrike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restrike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restrike.

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