What does striker mean?

Definitions for striker
ˈstraɪ kərstrik·er

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word striker.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. strikernoun

    a forward on a soccer team

  2. strikernoun

    someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating

  3. strikernoun

    an employee on strike against an employer

  4. hitter, strikernoun

    someone who hits

    "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"

  5. strikernoun

    the part of a mechanical device that strikes something

Wiktionary

  1. strikernoun

    An individual who is on strike

  2. strikernoun

    Someone or something that hits someone or something else.

  3. strikernoun

    One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

  4. strikernoun

    The batter.

  5. strikernoun

    The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket

  6. strikernoun

    A harpoon.

  7. strikernoun

    A harpooner.

    Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. uE000177758uE001 Dampier.

  8. strikernoun

    A blackmailer in politics.

  9. strikernoun

    One whose political influence can be bought.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Strikernoun

    One that strikes

    Etymology: from strike.

    A bishop then must be blameless, not given to wine, no striker. 1 Tim. iii. 3.

    He thought with his staff to have struck the striker. George Sandys.

    The striker must be dense, and in its best velocity. Digby.

ChatGPT

  1. striker

    A striker generally refers to a player in sports, specifically in soccer or field hockey, whose primary role is to score goals, often positioned near the opponent's goal. However, the term can also have various other meanings in different contexts, it may refer to a person who hits or strikes, a worker who is participating in a strike against their employer, or a part of a mechanical device that hits another part to make it work.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Strikernoun

    one who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge

  2. Strikernoun

    a harpoon; also, a harpooner

  3. Strikernoun

    a wencher; a lewd man

  4. Strikernoun

    a workman who is on a strike

  5. Strikernoun

    a blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. STRIKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Striker is ranked #24431 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Striker surname appeared 1,025 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Striker.

    90.2% or 925 total occurrences were White.
    2.9% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.5% or 26 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.1% or 22 total occurrences were Black.
    1.3% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'striker' in Nouns Frequency: #2057

Anagrams for striker »

  1. skirret

  2. skirter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of striker in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of striker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of striker in a Sentence

  1. Kyah Simon:

    As a striker, you pride yourself on scoring goals and I take full responsibility that I should have finished that, the game (would have been) 1-1 at that point, so that could definitely change the momentum of the game.

  2. Claudio Ranieri:

    Of course Jamie wanted to score, that's normal, van Nistelrooy was a fantastic striker and, like him, Jamie has everything to achieve at the highest level.

  3. Brett Simon:

    I was chosen to work with explosive tracking dogs in Iraq. Once I arrived in Iraq in Baghdad, I was shipped out to Mosul, where I worked with the striker brigade working on the first tracking explosive dogs that were attempted in Iraq.

  4. Jon Rahm:

    One of the reasons why the partnership worked so well is because we play a similar game, it’s a ball-striker’s golf course. ... It should suit our strengths very well.

  5. The FA:

    A comment posted on the Manchester United striker’s Instagram page was insulting, abusive, improper and brought the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3.1, the post also constitutes an ‘aggravated breach’, which is defined in FA Rule E3.2, as it included reference, whether express or implied, to colour and/or race and/or ethnic origin.

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