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
strikernoun
a forward on a soccer team
strikernoun
someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
strikernoun
an employee on strike against an employer
hitter, strikernoun
someone who hits
"a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
strikernoun
the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
Wiktionary
strikernoun
An individual who is on strike
strikernoun
Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
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.
strikernoun
The batter.
strikernoun
The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket
strikernoun
A harpoon.
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.
strikernoun
A blackmailer in politics.
strikernoun
One whose political influence can be bought.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Strikernoun
one who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge
Strikernoun
a harpoon; also, a harpooner
Strikernoun
a wencher; a lewd man
Strikernoun
a workman who is on a strike
Strikernoun
a blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'striker' in Nouns Frequency: #2057
Anagrams for striker »
skirret
skirter
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of striker in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of striker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of striker in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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