awestruck meaning, definition, what is awestruck: feeling great respect for the importance...: Learn more.
is by 1835, especially in gold-mining, well-digging, etc., hence strike it rich (1854). The use of the word in baseball is by 1853, but the sense has reversed (see strike (n.)). The meaning "refuse to work to force an employer to meet demands" is from 1768, perhaps from the ...