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Definition: Striker |
StrikerNoun1. (soccer) 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; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters". 5. The part of a mechanical device that strikes something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "striker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Assists BLACKSMITH (forging) in forging metal articles: Obtains equipment, such as stop blocks and hammer dies from toolroom. Cuts metal to predetermined size, using saw. Lights furnace and turns control valves to regulate temperature. Lifts metal parts from furnace with tongs and places parts on anvil or under power hammer. Strikes parts with sledge as BLACKSMITH (forging) positions parts over forming dies set in anvil. Grinds surfaces of finished parts, using portable and stationary power grinders. May sweep floor and remove debris from work area. Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references) |
| Oils and greases moving parts, such as gears, shafts, and bearings, of engines and auxiliary equipment used to propel maritime vessels: Examines machinery for specified pressure and flow of lubricants. Fills oilcups on machinery with grease and lubricating oil, according to machinery lubrication instructions. Reads pressure and temperature gauges and records data in engineering log. Assists ENGINEER (water trans.) in overhauling and adjusting machinery. May lubricate deck machinery when vessel is unloading cargo. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: StrikerSynonym: hitter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Striker |
| English words defined with "striker": clapper ♦ firing pin ♦ Gobline ♦ hammer, Hammer-less, hitter ♦ Martingal ♦ Pulsator ♦ To bowl, tongue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "striker": ADJUSTER, ALARM MECHANISM ♦ BARREL FINISHER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Consumer Goods | |
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 | Figure 38. Percussion current meter invented by Julien Thoulet. Top: Number 99 0610. Bottom: Number 99 0611. When the helix turned it caused a striker to fall on a steel plate. The sound of this was recorded by a hydrophone and the number of recorded sounds per unit time was directly related to current strength . This was tested off Monaco by Dr. Jules Richard in 1921. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | "Everybody turns to when it's reactivation time. Here storekeeper striker D.W. Shore ... and Glenn Hobbs ... remove a dehumidifier from the hangar deck of USS Bairoko prior to its actual reactivation by San Francisco Naval Shipyard employees." "Navy men like Seaman Hobbs and Storekeeper Shore were given the task of helping in reassembling the ship that would be theirs when the ship departed from San Francisco." Quoted caption was released with this photo circa August 1950. Bairoko recommissioned for Korean War service on 12 September 1950. Credit: NAVY. |
 | The Striker cottage, We-que-ton-sing. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Girl striker in kitchen of house occupied by thirty-five people. King Farm near Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Striker and his fiancee (sitdown strike romance) in the Women's Auxiliary room in Pengally Hall. Flint, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Young striker off sentry duty sleeping on assembly line of auto seats in Fisher body plant factory number three. Flint, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Striker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.26% of the time. "Striker" is used about 1,315 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.26% | 1,279 | 6,165 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.74% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,315 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "striker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Striker | Last name | 300 | 29,590 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "striker". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Michmethah | N/A | Biblical | The gift or death of a striker |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "striker": Dolphin striker. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "striker": striker-cum-provider, striker-days. | |
Ending with "striker": co-striker, defender-turned-striker, hunger-striker, non-striker, star-striker, swindon-striker. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "striker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri që merr pjesë në grevë, grevist, goditës (striking), gjuajtës (aircraft, destroyer, fighter, fighter plane, marksman, pursuit plane, shooter). (various references) | |
Arabic | مضرب (driver, drumstick, on, paddle, stick, striking), هداف في كرة القدم, هداف (marker, marksman, scorer), قادح, جندي يتطوع لخدمة ضابط. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стачник, ударник (hammer), ударен инструмент, рибар който изстрелва харпун, чукче на стенен часовник, чукач (knocker), ковач (blacksmith, farrier, forger, hammerer), език (idiom, language, parlance, pawl, red rag, speech, terms, tongue), играч който шутира, играч който връща топката. (various references) | |
Chinese | 罢工者. (various references) | |
Czech | stávkující (striking). (various references) | |
Danish | strejkebryder (blackleg, non-striker, scab, strikebreaker), skruebrækker (blackleg, non-striker, scab, strikebreaker), taende ved slag (to detonate under the action of a striker), taende ved perkussion (to detonate under the action of a striker). (various references) | |
Dutch | stakingsbreker (blackleg, non-striker, scab, strikebreaker), werkwillige (blackleg, non-striker, scab, strikebreaker), rat (rat), ontploffen door werking van slagpin (to detonate under the action of a striker), onderkruiper (blackleg, non-striker, scab, strikebreaker). (various references) | |
Farsi | ساعت زنگی (Alarm, Repeater), زننده (Acrid, Acrimonious, Beater, Garish, Gaunt, Glassy, Harsh, Hideous, Knocker, Loathsome, Lurid, Nasty, Nippy, Pitapat, Poignant, Pungent, Repellent, Repugnant, Repulsive, Sharp, Squalid, Tart, Vile), اعتصاب کننده . (various references) | |
Finnish | lakkolainen. (various references) | |
French | percuteur, gréviste (striking), frappeur, buteur. (various references) | |
German | Streikende. (various references) | |
Greek | κτυπών (buffeter, clacker, clatterer, slogger, smiter, swatter, swiper), χτυπών (smiter, swatter, swiper), άπεργος, απεργόσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקוש (clapper, drumstick, gong, stick), שובת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sztrájkoló, csatár (forward, hooker, skirmisher), tisztiszolga (bat, batman, lascar, orderly), támadójátékos, sztrájkoló munkás, szoknyavadász (gallivanter, gay dog, womanizer), szigonyozó, szigony (fish-fork, gaff, harpoon, spear), pörölyöző, kurvahajcsár (whoremonger), fogadó (bettor, inn, layer, resthouse, road house), fodorító tímár, ütőszerkezet, ütőszeg (firing needle), ütőóra. (various references) | |
Italian | scioperante, attaccante (forward). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ストックホル 症候群 (stock point, Stockhom syndrome, stomach, stop, stop bit, stop motion, stoplight, stopper, stopwatch, straight, straight course, straight perm, straight permanent wave, straight punch, strap, strategy, streaker, streaking, stream, streamer, street, street angel, street furniture, street girl, streetcar, streetwalker, streptomycin, stress, stretch, stretching, stride, strike, strike zone, string, strings, strip, strip girl, strip mill, strip show, stripe, stripper, striptease, structure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ストライカー . (various references) | |
Korean | 파업 참가자. (various references) | |
Manx | stholkeyr, labbeyder (clouter, hard-hitter, thumper), bwoalteyr (assaulter, batterer, beater, hitter, pugilist, smiter), bwoalleyder (hitter, thresher), builtagh (assailable, assailant, assailing, clouter, hitter). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ikerstray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | percutor (plunger), martelo (hammer, malleus), grevista, faísca de ignição, artilheiro (artillerist, artillery man, bombardier, cannoneer, gunner), arpoador. (various references) | |
Romanian | percutor (hammer), grevist (striking), bãtãuş (beater, brawler, bully, rough neck, rowdy). (various references) | |
Russian | забастовщик (turn out). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | udarna igla, klatno (clapper, pendulum), štrajkač. (various references) | |
Spanish | huelguista (picket). (various references) | |
Swedish | strejkande (failure, striking). (various references) | |
Turkish | vurucu (shooter), ileri alan oyuncusu, horoz (chanticleer, firing pin, rooster), grevci (turnout), forvet (forward, powerhouse), ateşleyici, atış yapan oyuncu, çalar saat çekici. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | страйкар, молотобо"ць (hammerman). (various references) | |
Welsh | ergydiwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh paroinon mh plhkthn mh aiscrokerdh all epieikh amacon afilarguron |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non vinolentum non percussorem sed modestum non litigiosum non cupidum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Not youun myche to wyn, not a smytere, but temperat, not ful of chiding, not coueitouse, wel reulinge his hous, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Not dronke no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | dili palahubog, dili tigpanukmag, hinonoa malomo, dili palaaway, ug dili mahigugmaon ug salapi. |
| Croatian | ne vinu sklon, ne nasilan nego popustljiv, ne ratoboran, ne srebroljubac; |
| Danish | ikke hengiven til Vin, ikke til Slagsmål, men mild, ikke kivagtig, ikke pengegridsk; |
| Dutch | Niet genegen tot den wijn, geen smijter, geen vuil-gewinzoeker; maar bescheiden, geen vechter, niet geldgierig. |
| Finnish | ei juomari, ei tappelija, vaan lempeä, ei riitaisa, ei rahanahne, |
| French | Il faut qu`il ne soit ni adonné au vin, ni violent, mais indulgent, pacifique, désintéressé. |
| German | nicht ein Weinsäufer, nicht raufen, nicht unehrliche Hantierung treiben, sondern gelinde, nicht zänkisch, nicht geizig, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | jangan orang yang pemabuk, atau yang suka berkelahi. Sebaliknya, ia harus lemah lembut dan suka akan damai. Ia tidak boleh mata duitan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | bukannya pemabuk atau orang perkelahian, melainkan orang yang lembut hati, bukannya orang yang berbantah-bantah, dan bukannya orang ingin akan uang; |
| Italian | non dedito al vino, non violento ma benevolo, non litigioso, non attaccato al denaro. |
| Latvian | Ne dzçrâjam, ne kauslim, bet lçnprâtîgam, ne íildîgam, ne mantkârîgam, |
| Maori | Kia kaua e kakai waina, kia kaua e patu; engari kia ngawari, kaua e totohe, kaua e matenui ki te moni; |
| Norwegian | ikke drikkfeldig, ikke voldsom, men saktmodig, ikke stridslysten, ikke pengekjær, |
| Portuguese | não dado ao vinho, não espancador, mas moderado, inimigo de contendas, não ganancioso; |
| Rumanian | Sq nu fie nici beyiv, nici bqtquw, nici doritor de ckwtig mkrwav, ci sq fie blknd, nu gklcevitor, nu iubitor de bani; |
| Russian | ОЕ ШСОЙ"Б, ОЕ 'ЙК"Б, ОЕ УЧБТМЙЧ, ОЕ ЛПТЩУФПМА'ЙЧ, ОП ФЙИ, НЙТПМА'ЙЧ, ОЕ УТЕ'ТПМА'ЙЧ, |
| Shuar | Nampechusha tura suiir Enentáimtichusha átiniaiti. Aya Kuítian ikiaunkatniun Enentáimtuschatniuiti. Antsu tsanka átiniaiti. Kajechusha átiniaiti. Chikichnancha wakerutkashtiniaiti. |
| Spanish | no dado al vino; no violento, sino amable; no contencioso ni amante del dinero. |
| Swahili | asiwe mlevi au mtu wa matata, bali awe mpole, apendaye amani; asiwe mtu wa kupenda fedha; |
| Swedish | icke begiven på vin, icke våldsam, utan foglig, icke stridslysten, fri ifrån penningbegär. |
| Uma | Uma ma'ala topalangu-langu ba to jolia motuda'. Kana to mo'olu nono-na, to tuwu' hintuwu' hante doo, pai' to uma doko' doi-wadi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "striker": strikers. (additional references) | |
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"Striker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schreker, stirler, streer, Streuer, striced, stricer, stricker, striger, strik, striken, stroker, stryka. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "striker" (pronounced strī"ker) |
| 3 | -ī" k er | biker, hiker, piker, Spiker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: skirret, skirter. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: kiters, risker, strike, triers, trikes. | |
-2 letters: keirs, kiers, kiter, kites, riser, rites, siker, skier, skirr, skirt, skite, stirk, tiers, tikes, tires, treks, trier, tries, trike. | |
-3 letters: errs, erst, ires, irks, keir, kier, kirs, kist, kite, kits, kris, reis, rest, rets, rise, risk, rite, sike, sire, site, skit, stir, tier, ties, tike, tire, trek. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: restrike, skirrets, skirters, strikers, trickers. | |
+2 letters: airstrike, overskirt, prestrike, restrikes, skywriter, streakier, tinkerers, tricksier, trickster. | |
+3 letters: airstrikes, cricketers, hairstreak, interworks, overskirts, overstrike, overtricks, restricken, restriking, rethinkers, rocketries, shirtmaker, skitterier, skywriters, strikeover, trickeries, tricksters, trinketers, underskirt. | |
+4 letters: hairstreaks, overstrikes, perestroika, printmakers, ringstraked, shirtmakers, strikeovers, superstrike, tiebreakers, timberworks, timeworkers, traffickers, trelliswork, trinketries, underskirts, undertricks. | |
+5 letters: fortresslike, freethinkers, overstriking, perestroikas, superstrikes, trellisworks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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