striker

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From strike +‎ -er.

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹaɪkə/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)

striker (plural strikers)

1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

   Synonym: turnout

2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
   1. 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.

   2. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
   3. A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
   4. A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
   5. (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
3. (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

   • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

4. (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.

5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
6. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
7. (obsolete) A harpoon.
8. (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.

9. (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.

   Synonym: green hand

10. (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
    • c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎^[2], published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 54:

      'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.

11. (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
12. (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

• (lewd man): See Thesaurus:promiscuous man

• skirret, skirter, trikers

From strike +‎ -er; from English strike.

• IPA^(key): /stʁaj.ke/

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striker

1. (bowling) to strike