striker
/ˈstrʌɪkə
/noun
1An employee on strike: the manager was anxious to have talks with the strikers and discuss their demands...
- While the strikers walk the picket lines, more than 20 employees have decided to continue working.
- They struck on Tuesday of last week, when many strikers joined the picket line, and were due out again this Thursday.
- Our strike is solid, with around two thirds of strikers attending picket lines.
2The player who is to strike the ball in a game; a player considered in terms of ability to strike the ball: a gifted striker of the ball...
- Norman told McCord he thought European Tour players were better ball strikers than the Americans.
- Liverpool play Real Betis on Tuesday and one of the best strikers of a dead ball in the game awaits.
- Burke is a sixpolar striker of the ball and plays his shots boldly.
2.1(Chiefly in soccer) a forward or attacker.He also makes good runs forward to support the strikers....
- Why was Ferguson sitting in midfield instead of bombing forward to help the strikers?
- The 28-year-old Dutch striker has been out of action for nearly three months because of an Achilles injury.
3British A device striking the primer in a gun.
Rhymes
- pseudotracheal
- pseudotuberculosis
- pseudotuberculous
- pseudotumour
- pseudouracil
- pseudo-urate
- pseudo-uric acid
- pseudouridine
- pseudovector
- pseudovelum
- pseudovirion
- pseudoviscosity
- pseudovitamin
- pseudo-volcanic
- pseudo-volcano
- pseudowavellite
- pseudowhorl
- pseudowollastonite
- pseudoxanthoma
- Pseud's Corner
- pseudy
- pshaw
- PSHE
- pshent
- psht