striker
Americannoun
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strikers
plural
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a person or thing that strikes.
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a worker who is on strike.
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the clapper in a clock that strikes the hours or rings an alarm.
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U.S. Army. a private who acts as a voluntary paid servant to a commissioned officer.
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U.S. Navy. an enlisted person in training for a specific technical rating.
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a person who strikes fish, whales, etc., with a spear or harpoon.
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Whaling. a harpoon.
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Soccer. one of the attacking forwards.
noun
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a person who is on strike
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the hammer in a timepiece that rings a bell or alarm
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any part in a mechanical device that strikes something, such as the firing pin of a gun
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informal soccer an attacking player, esp one who generally positions himself near his opponent's goal in the hope of scoring
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cricket the batsman who is about to play a ball
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a person who harpoons whales or fish
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the harpoon itself
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Origin of striker
1350–1400; 1840–50 striker for def. 2; Middle English; see strike, -er 1
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Wrexham AFC striker Paul Mullin played the surprise role as a Welsh version of Ryan Reynolds' character Deadpool.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Arsenal are overloading the right side of the pitch with their right-back, holding midfielder, number ten, and right winger all providing support for striker Kai Havertz on the ball.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Joshua Robinson caught up with Norway’s 6-foot-5 striker on terrifying his opponents—and the surreal World Cup summer that turned him into much more than a soccer star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
When he FaceTimed Zlatan Ibrahimović, the former Swedish striker who arguably started the whole man-bun-in-soccer trend, he asked if Haaland had lost a bet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sena the sprinter, Sena the striker, so useless in the water!
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
In 1983, when the Ohio strikers were in their mid-30s, the median 25- to 34-year-old American worker had been with the same employer for three years; in 2022, the figure was 2.8 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Injuries to strikers Aggie Beever-Jones and Michelle Agyemang has meant there is little competition for Alessia Russo in the number nine role.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"We played good football. We had pace on the wing, fantastic midfielders, and strikers who were deadly," says McIlduff, who has been Whitley Bay chairman since 2001.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
At 6ft 5in, the 23-year-old has a physical presence United's other strikers lack.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
To break their resolve, the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse tried to tempt the hunger strikers by serving them fried chicken and fresh salad.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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