striker
Americannoun
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strikers
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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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Manchester City received "a bit of a schooling", according to former Scotland striker Ally McCoist, who added: "I know it's early days and but it is concerning for Manchester City."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Fans will expect to see striker Robbie Ure after a free-scoring spell with Sirius in Sweden resulted in a move to La Liga side Sevilla earlier this month.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The striker produced eight goals and four assists from 24 starts last season, and will look to stay ahead of Yoane Wissa for minutes coming into this campaign.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ipswich Town are determined to sign German striker Derry Scherhant, 23, from Freiburg this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The point is I’m the quickest striker in the league and on earth.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
Earlier this summer, large crowds of protestors converged on Delaney Hall in support of the hunger strikers.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Father Clement Thibault, Babs’s priest-mentor since childhood, is defrocked for publicly supporting the strikers after the church hierarchy forbade him from taking sides; the priest then begins a separate campaign to expose ecclesiastical misbehavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
His arrival would leave Chelsea with six senior strikers on their books as they look to build around Joao Pedro and Welbeck, with others available for loan or sale.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Beyond the narratives surrounding strikers, with injured Emmanuel Emegha and Nicolas Jackson also on the books, it was only a very early glimpse of what to expect from Alonso's Chelsea.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
We came back, though, and marched with the strikers for a couple of hours.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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