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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The 28-year-old has yet to start a Premier League game and in his cameos this season has looked far from the level required as a striker who could fire Arsenal to back-to-back titles.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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
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
Kane went to League One Leyton Orient - making his professional debut in January 2011 at Rochdale, coming on for veteran striker Scott McGleish.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But it hurts to see Jordie on the field in my striker spot, doing passing drills with Erick Federov, the eighth grader who’s our captain.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Despite featuring and scoring for a Hellas Verona side heading for relegation from Serie A, and with a perennial problem of strikers not firing regularly for Scotland, Kieron Bowie was overlooked.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Lee Chang-dong’s superb “Possible Love,” for instance, generates its explosively intimate finale by first investing us in the saga of strikers reeling from a brutal government crackdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
He blamed the Spurs strikers after their 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest, but at least he has got some in his squad.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Jesus has fallen down the pecking order in recent seasons at Arsenal due to injury issues, as well as Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres being the preferred central strikers at the club.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The strikers held fast at Hicks’s mines, but world events intervened.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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