| NOUN | person | striker | a forward on a soccer team |
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| person | striker | someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating | |
| person | striker | an employee on strike against an employer | |
| person | striker, hitter | someone who hits | |
| artifact | striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something |
| Sounds | stray'ker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | A forward on a soccer team. | |
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| Broader | athlete, jock | A person trained to compete in sports |
| Spanish | atacante | |
| Meaning | someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy | A serviceman in the navy |
| Meaning | An employee on strike against an employer. | |
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| Broader | nonworker | A person who does nothing |
| Spanish | huelguista | |
| Catalan | vaguista | |
| Verbs | strike | stop work in order to press demands |
| Meaning | someone who hits. | |
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| Example | "a fine striker of the ball" | |
| Synonym | hitter | |
| Narrower | slapper, spanker | A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand |
| walloper | A very hard hitter | |
| Broader | mover | someone who moves |
| Spanish | golpeador | |
| Verbs | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| strike | hit against | |
| Meaning | The part of a mechanical device that strikes something. | |
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| Narrower | clapper, tongue | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side |
| firing pin | striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer | |
| hammer | A striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate | |
| hammer, cock | The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled | |
| head | The striking part of a tool | |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | percusor, percutor | |
| Catalan | percussor | |
| Verbs | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| strike | hit against | |
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