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striker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun striker has 5 senses
- striker(n = noun.person) Array - a forward on a soccer team; Array is a kind of athlete, jock
- striker(n = noun.person) Array - someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating; Array is a kind of bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy
- striker(n = noun.person) Array - an employee on strike against an employer; Array is a kind of nonworker
- striker(n = noun.person) hitter - someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters" is a kind of mover
- striker(n = noun.artifact) Array - the part of a mechanical device that strikes something; Array has particulars: clapper, tongue, firing pin, hammer, cock, hammer, head
Derived form verb strike7
has particulars: slapper, spanker, walloper
Derived forms verb strike3, verb strike1
is a kind of mechanical device
Derived forms verb strike3, verb strike1
CIDE DICTIONARY
striker, n.
- One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge. [1913 Webster]
- A harpoon; also, a harpooner. [1913 Webster]"Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish." [1913 Webster]
- A wencher; a lewd man. Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- A workman who is on a strike. [1913 Webster]
- A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
striker, n.
1 a person or thing that strikes.
2 an employee on strike.
3 Sport the player who is to strike, or who is to be the next to strike, the ball.
4 Football an attacking player positioned well forward in order to score goals.
5 a device striking the primer in a gun.
1 a person or thing that strikes.
2 an employee on strike.
3 Sport the player who is to strike, or who is to be the next to strike, the ball.
4 Football an attacking player positioned well forward in order to score goals.
5 a device striking the primer in a gun.
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