striker

Plural: strikers

Noun

• One that strikes; a person or thing that hits something.
• a forward on a soccer team
• someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
• an employee on strike against an employer
• someone who hits
  • "a fine striker of the ball"
• the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
• A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
• 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.
• An officer's servant or orderly.
• The batter.
• The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
• A harpoon.
• A harpooner.
• An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
• A wencher; a lewd man.
• A blackmailer in politics.
• One whose political influence can be bought.

Examples

• As a prolific striker of high-scoring words, he was feared in any Scrabble match.

Synonyms

hitter, attacker, centre forward, forward, front man, green hand, promiscuous man, turnout