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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Former England striker Ellen White, who remains the Lionesses all-time top scorer, believes building connections and setting the right tempo is crucial.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
A 6ft 2in English striker with a deadly finishing touch, who came through at Spurs before learning his trade in the Football League.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Having not signed a player aged over 30 since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2022, Chelsea recruited three this summer, with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez joining from Aston Villa and striker Danny Welbeck also arriving.
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
A lean, blond striker set up to take the kick.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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
He hurled players on in a bid to take a point; strikers, wingers, kitchen-sink stuff.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
It was rare for a woman to do this kind of work, but she walked the picket lines with the men and rallied strikers to stick it out.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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