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STRIKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does striking mean?
• STRIKING (noun)
The noun STRIKING has 2 senses:
1. the physical coming together of two or more things
2. the act of contacting one thing with another
Familiarity information: STRIKING used as a noun is rare.
• STRIKING (adjective)
The adjective STRIKING has 2 senses:
1. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
2. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Familiarity information: STRIKING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The physical coming together of two or more things
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
Context example:
contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Hypernyms ("striking" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striking"):
collision; hit ((physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together)
engagement; interlocking; mesh; meshing (contact by fitting together)
flick (a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible))
impact (the striking of one body against another)
touch; touching (the event of something coming in contact with the body)
Derivation:
strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of contacting one thing with another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
after three misses she finally got a hit
Hypernyms ("striking" is a kind of...):
touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striking"):
contusion (the action of bruising)
crash; smash (the act of colliding with something)
bunt ((baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat)
fly; fly ball ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)
ground ball; groundball; grounder; hopper ((baseball) a hit that travels along the ground)
header ((soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head)
scorcher; screamer (a very hard hit ball)
plunk; plunker ((baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly)
Derivation:
strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Synonyms:
dramatic; spectacular; striking
Context example:
his striking good looks always created a sensation
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Derivation:
strikingness (the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Synonyms:
outstanding; prominent; salient; spectacular; striking
Context example:
a striking resemblance between parent and child
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Derivation:
strikingness (the state of being salient)
Context examples
The most striking feature is the arrangement of the lesions such that the long axis is parallel to the lines of cleavage.
(Pityriasis Rosea, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
“If it penetrates to him, sir,” said Mr. Micawber, striking himself on the breast, “it shall first pass through this body!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“He had till ten, Mother,” said I; and just as I said it, our old clock began striking.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 6503 in striking detail and with a rich set of colors.
(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)
His perception of the striking improvement of Harriet's manner, since her introduction at Hartfield, was not one of the least agreeable proofs of his growing attachment.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
"We don't have anything like this in the solar system, and that's what makes it striking."
(Atmosphere of Midsize Planet Revealed by Hubble, Spitzer, NASA)
“Nor from below,” said Mr. Merryweather, striking his stick upon the flags which lined the floor.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is striking that this mechanism has been conserved throughout the long evolution of yeast cell to human.
(Scientists Reveal The Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hippocalcin shows striking similarity to photoreceptor Ca(2+)-sensitive proteins that regulate photosignal transduction.
(Hippocalcin, NCI Thesaurus)
Sir Thomas's return made a striking change in the ways of the family, independent of Lovers' Vows.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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