hunger strike

US: (hung′gər strīk′)

Inflections of 'hunger strike' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

hunger-strikes

v 3rd person singular

hunger-striking

v pres p

hunger-struck

v past

hunger-struck

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

ˈhun•ger ˌstrike, n. [countable]

1. a deliberate refusal to eat, done as protest:
   a hunger strike against injustice.

hun•ger strik•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

hun′ger strike′, 

1. a deliberate refusal to eat, undertaken in protest against imprisonment, improper treatment, objectionable conditions, etc.

• 1885–90

hun•ger-strike  (hung′gər strīk′), v.i., -struck, -strik•ing. 

1. to go on a hunger strike.

• 1910–15

hun′ger strik′er. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

hunger strike noun

1. a voluntary fast undertaken, usually by a prisoner, as a means of protest

hunger striker noun