strike gold
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strike, gold (to find gold).
Example Sentences
- "Danny Manning and Edwin Moses quickly come to mind for fans who want American athletes to strike gold this summer."
- "Shopping for jewelry is just like finding love: When the right one comes along, you'll know it. What follows is a list of sources where buyers are most likely to strike gold."
- "Michele S. is one in a long line of Progressive Jackpot players to strike gold at Lucky Nugget Online Casino"
- "Two weeks ago, he struck gold: Docugami secured access to the computing power it needed through a government program called Access, which is run by the National Science Foundation, a federal agency that funds science and engineering."
- "“And how did he make his money?” “In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.”"
- "Jim Cleve had gone to an unfrequented part of the gulch, for no particular reason, and here he had located his claim. The very first day he struck gold."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
strikes gold (present, singular)
striking gold (participle, present)
struck gold (past)
struck gold (participle, past)
stricken gold (archaic, participle)