striker meaning
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- Striker may refer to:
- NounPLstrikersSUF-er
- An individual who is on strike.
- Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
- (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.
- 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.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- "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.
- Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. — Dampier.
- (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
- (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
- (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.
- An individual who is on strike.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The striker they bought from United was a million-pounder.
- The striker crossed the ball into the area and found his strike partner Jones, who headed it into the net.
- James Hanson, the striker who used to stack shelves in a supermarket, flashed a superb header past Shay Given from Gary Jones's corner 10 minutes after the break.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
- "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.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of striker in English Dictionary
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- en strikers
- en strikerless
Source: Wiktionary