I am hit by a baseball batter, scored by knocking down bowling pins, and when midnight hits, a clock does twelve of me without moving an arm. What am I?
A strike
The wordplay revolves around three distinct uses of the word strike. It describes a missed swing in baseball, knocking all pins down on a first roll in bowling, and the audible chiming noise made by clock bell hammers when midnight arrives.
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