striker
See also: Striker
English
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪkə/
Audio (Australia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]striker (plural strikers)
- A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- Synonym: turnout
- Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
- The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
- Synonyms: firestriker, steel, firesteel
- A piece of rough material on which matches are struck (that is, against which the matchhead is rubbed).
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- (soccer) 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.
- Synonyms: forward, attacker, centre forward, front man
- 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 4 February 2023:
- Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta.
- 2025 June 6, “Soccer players given two-game bans after concealing anti-homophobia badge”, in CNN[2], sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 26 July 2025:
- Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- 1921, Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Ronald Salmon Crane, The English of Business, page 90:
- "Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- (obsolete) A harpoon.
- (obsolete) A harpooner.
- 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, pages 117–118:
- [W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always ſend out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fiſh.
- (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
- Synonym: green hand
- (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.[1]
- c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger[3], published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 54:
- 'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.
- (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.[2]
- (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.
Synonyms
[edit]- (lewd man): See Thesaurus:promiscuous man
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person who is on strike
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part of a firearm
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player nearest to the opposing soccer team — see forward
officer's servant
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baseball: batter — see batter
References
[edit]- ^ “striker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “striker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From strike + -er; from English strike.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /stʁaj.ke/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Verb
[edit]striker
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of striker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | striker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | strikant /stʁaj.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | striké /stʁaj.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | strike /stʁajk/ |
strikes /stʁajk/ |
strike /stʁajk/ |
strikons /stʁaj.kɔ̃/ |
strikez /stʁaj.ke/ |
strikent /stʁajk/ |
| imperfect | strikais /stʁaj.kɛ/ |
strikais /stʁaj.kɛ/ |
strikait /stʁaj.kɛ/ |
strikions /stʁaj.kjɔ̃/ |
strikiez /stʁaj.kje/ |
strikaient /stʁaj.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | strikai /stʁaj.ke/ |
strikas /stʁaj.ka/ |
strika /stʁaj.ka/ |
strikâmes /stʁaj.kam/ |
strikâtes /stʁaj.kat/ |
strikèrent /stʁaj.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | strikerai /stʁaj.kə.ʁe/ |
strikeras /stʁaj.kə.ʁa/ |
strikera /stʁaj.kə.ʁa/ |
strikerons /stʁaj.kə.ʁɔ̃/ |
strikerez /stʁaj.kə.ʁe/ |
strikeront /stʁaj.kə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | strikerais /stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
strikerais /stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
strikerait /stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ |
strikerions /stʁaj.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
strikeriez /stʁaj.kə.ʁje/ |
strikeraient /stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | strike /stʁajk/ |
strikes /stʁajk/ |
strike /stʁajk/ |
strikions /stʁaj.kjɔ̃/ |
strikiez /stʁaj.kje/ |
strikent /stʁajk/ |
| imperfect2 | strikasse /stʁaj.kas/ |
strikasses /stʁaj.kas/ |
strikât /stʁaj.ka/ |
strikassions /stʁaj.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
strikassiez /stʁaj.ka.sje/ |
strikassent /stʁaj.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | strike /stʁajk/ |
— | strikons /stʁaj.kɔ̃/ |
strikez /stʁaj.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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