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striker

noun
/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/

Etymology

From strike + -er.

  1. derived from *streyg-✻ — “to stroke, rub, press”
  2. inherited from *strīkaną✻
  3. inherited from *strīkan✻
  4. inherited from strīcan
  5. inherited from stryken
  6. suffixed as striker — “strike + -er”

Definitions

  1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

  2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.

    • The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.

  3. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing…

    One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. An officer's servant or orderly.

      • "Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker.

    2. The batter.

    3. The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.

    4. A harpoon.

    5. A harpooner.

      • [W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always ſend out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fiſh.

    6. An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.

    7. A wencher

      A wencher; a lewd man.

      • 'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.

    8. A blackmailer in politics.

    9. One whose political influence can be bought.

    10. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at striker. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at striker. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at striker

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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