STRIKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striker mean? 

• STRIKER (noun)
  The noun STRIKER has 5 senses:

1. a forward on a soccer team

2. someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating

3. an employee on strike against an employer

4. someone who hits

5. the part of a mechanical device that strikes something

  Familiarity information: STRIKER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A forward on a soccer team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("striker" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("striker" is a kind of...):

bluejacket; navy man; sailor; sailor boy (a serviceman in the navy)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An employee on strike against an employer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("striker" is a kind of...):

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Derivation:

strike (stop work in order to press demands)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone who hits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hitter; striker

Context example:

blacksmiths are good hitters

Hypernyms ("striker" is a kind of...):

mover (someone who moves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striker"):

slapper; spanker (a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand)

walloper (a very hard hitter)

Derivation:

strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The part of a mechanical device that strikes something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("striker" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striker"):

clapper; tongue (metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side)

firing pin (striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer)

hammer (a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate)

cock; hammer (the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled)

head (the striking part of a tool)

Derivation:

strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)