striker

noun

strik·​er ˈstrī-kər 

1

: one that strikes: such as

a

: a player in any of several games who is striking or attempting to strike a ball

b

: the hammer of the striking mechanism of a clock or watch

c

: a blacksmith's helper who swings the sledgehammer

d

: a worker on strike

2

: a junior enlisted man in the U.S. Navy who has declared an occupational specialty

3

: a forward in soccer

Examples of striker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here Are All The Companies Cutting DEI Programs For old school ‘proper football men’ seeing such insolence on the field is simply unacceptable and when he was asked about the incident on talkSPORT ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders didn’t hold back. —Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

But is promotion into it increasingly futile? Odsonne Edouard, summer 2024 The last-minute move to bring in French striker Edouard from Crystal Palace has been a disaster. —Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025

In other developments, state police officers Sunday night served cease-and-desist orders on strikers at their homes, Miller said. —Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025

Last year, he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder as a second striker, an in-prison offense. —Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing striker

• dolphin striker

Rhymes for striker

• biker
• hiker
• duiker
• hitchhiker

Kids Definition

striker

noun

strik·​er ˈstrī-kər 

: a worker on strike