verb

struck

Translation

to strike, to hit, to impress, to go on strike

The lightning struck the tree.

A brilliant idea struck me.

He was struck by her beauty.

The workers struck for better pay.

((sb./sth.)) strike ((sb./sth.)) to hit someone or something The lightning struck the tree.

((an idea/thought)) strike ((sb.)) for an idea to suddenly come to someone's mind A brilliant idea struck me.

be struck ((by sth.)) to be very impressed or surprised by something He was struck by her beauty.

((sb.)) strike to refuse to work as a protest The workers struck for better pay.

Synonyms (for hit): hit, bashed; Synonyms (for impress): impressed, affected

From Old English 'strican', meaning 'to go, move, rub'. The sense of 'hitting' developed from this.

'Struck' sounds like 'stuck'. Imagine being 'stuck' in place after being struck by lightning or an idea.