striker
striker
Definition
striker (strī′kər)
noun
- a person who strikes; specif.,
- a worker who is on strike
- an assistant who wields the heavy sledgehammer for a blacksmith
- a thing that strikes, as the clapper in a bell, the striking device in a clock, etc.
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- U.S. Army an enlisted man doing extra-duty work for an officer for extra pay
- U.S. Navy an enlisted man who is working to qualify for a rating
- Soccer the forward and main scorer of a soccer team
striker*
Synonyms
striker
Usage Examples
Possessives
- shot: He side-stepped Jason Woodgate and the ball rolled to Colin Kazim-Richards, but the striker's shot was comfortably saved by Schwarzer.
Converse of object
- sign: Meanwhile Town signed striker Martin Smith from Sheffield United for 300,000 pounds.
- deny: Paul Stansfield rattled the Brigg crossbar from 25 yards and keeper Peter Collinge made some smart saves to deny the home strikers.
- injure: Player to watch: Barry Hayles After a lengthy spell out injured the tricky striker is back at just at the right time.
- recall: Burnley have recalled striker Kyle Lafferty from his loan spell at Darlington due to an injury crisis.
- bear: Falkirk born striker who made a few reserve team appearances in 2004/05 and netted a couple of goals.
- oppose: A long clearance was put over the Cheshunt back line and the opposing strikers rushed on to score.
Adjective modifier
- lone: With twelve minutes on the clock City drew level with a superbly taken goal from lone striker Danny Crow.
- prolific: The ongoing momentum gained by the visitors eventually accumulated into an opening goal, scored by prolific striker Duncan Stoddart.
- 20-year-old: The 20-year-old French striker is to remain on loan at The County Ground until the end of the year.
- 19-year-old: The 19-year-old striker is expected to play some part at Carrow Road tomorrow after arriving at Hillsborough today.
- under-21: Premiership new boys Wigan Athletic are reported to be preparing a bid for England under-21 striker Dean Ashton.
- veteran: Yet the veteran striker will not be abusing that position when the two men meet today to discuss the next Swansea team.
Preposition: on
- bench: It says it all when Viduka is now coming off when we dont even have a striker on the bench.
Noun used with modifier
- hunger: A few days later, a second hunger striker dies.
- in-form: The replay was looking to be heading the same way until the final seconds, when in-form striker McGregor slotted home.
- on-loan: The on-loan striker lifted the ball into the area where Danny Davidson rose high above everyone to head the ball into the empty net.
- pacy: The defence-splitting pass played in the pacy striker only for him to poke the ball wide of the post from 18 yards.
- pacey: Patrick McCarthy 8 Stuck to his task well of marking pacey striker Tommy Smith.
- chasing: Forest chasing striker Bramble No cramping Nic's style as he makes.. .
Browse dictionary entries near striker
- strikeout
- strikebreaking
- strikebreaker
- strikebound
- strike zone
- strike suit
- strike price
- strike plate
- strike pay dirt
- strike out
- striking
- striking price
- strikingly
- Strimon
- Strindberg
- Strine
- string
- string along
- string band
- string bass
