striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈstɹaɪkə/
rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: strikers
Etymology: From strike + -er.
Senses: synonyms: turnout
glosses: A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
examples: text: The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
glosses: Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
glosses: Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
glosses: Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
glosses: Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
examples: text: Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta.
ref: 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
synonyms: forward
attacker
centre forward
front man
glosses: One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
examples: text: "Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker.
ref: 1921, Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Ronald Salmon Crane, The English of Business, page 90:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An officer's servant or orderly.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The batter.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
glosses: A harpoon.
examples: text: [W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always ſend out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fiſh.
ref: 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, pages 117–118:
glosses: A harpooner.
synonyms: green hand
glosses: An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
examples: text: 'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.
ref: c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 54:
glosses: A wencher; a lewd man.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A blackmailer in politics.
topics: government
politics
glosses: One whose political influence can be bought.
Synonyms: sense: lewd man
word: promiscuous man
Derived terms: dolphin striker
firestriker
high striker
hunger striker
non-striker