striker
/'staikə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who is on strike: A worker who has stopped working as a protest, typically to demand better pay or conditions from their employer.
- A player in soccer (football) whose main role is to score goals: An attacking forward positioned to shoot at the opponent's goal.
- The part of a device that hits something: A component in a mechanical device (like a bell, clock, or firearm) that delivers a blow or impact.
- A person who hits something: Someone who delivers a blow or strike.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Person on strike):
- The factory closed after the strikers refused to return to work.
- The union leader spoke to the gathered strikers.
- Noun (Soccer player):
- The team's main striker scored a hat-trick in the final.
- He plays as a center-forward, the primary striker in the formation.
- Noun (Mechanical part):
- The clock's striker is broken, so it no longer chimes.
- When you pull the trigger, it releases the striker to ignite the cartridge.
Advanced Usage
- "To lead the line as a striker": In soccer, to be the main attacking forward responsible for spearheading the offense.
- Despite his youth, he was trusted to lead the line as the lone striker.
- "A militant striker": A protester on strike who is particularly forceful or aggressive in their actions.
- The negotiations were complicated by the presence of militant strikers.
- "Pinch striker": In soccer, a substitute striker brought onto the field specifically to try to score a goal.
- The manager brought on a pinch striker in the last ten minutes.
Variants and Related Words
- Strike (verb/noun): The act of stopping work in protest; to hit.
- Strikebreaker (noun): A person who works or is employed to replace a striking worker.
- Strikeforce (noun): In soccer, the group of attacking players, especially the strikers.
- Striking (adjective): Noticeable, impressive, or attracting attention.
Synonyms
- For a person on strike: Protester, walkouter.
- For a soccer player: Forward, attacker, center-forward, goal-getter.
- For a mechanical part: Hammer, beater, plunger.
- For a person who hits: Hitter, slugger.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- "To come out on strike": To begin a strike.
- The workers voted to come out on strike.
- "To be out on strike": To be actively participating in a strike.
- The teachers have been out on strike for a week.
Related Idioms
- "A natural striker": In soccer, a player with an innate talent for scoring goals.
- Even as a teenager, he was a natural striker.
- "To cross the picket line": To go to work despite a strike being in progress (related to the concept of a striker).
- Few workers were willing to cross the picket line and face the strikers.
Noun
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- someone who hits
- a hard hitter
- a fine striker of the ball
- blacksmiths are good hitters
- an employee on strike against an employer
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- a forward on a soccer team
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