striker
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈstraɪkər/
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- The striker scored a brilliant goal in the final minutes of the match.
- goal-scoring striker
- striker scored
- star striker
Come on, give me your top five strikers today in world football.
- Come on, give me your top five strikers today in world football.
- So if people keep saying Arsenal should have bought a striker, where, who, Who's about, show me one.
- You're a football fan, you don't care if the striker is a Muslim from Egypt like Mohamed Salah.
- And Sergio and Harry, striker wise are two of the cleverest I've played because whatever, as a goalkeeper, you have to give someone something.
- Like it was strikers I've played with like especially strikers I play with now.
- Yeah, so, but as a striker then, can I just explore that topic in more detail that like people listening to this, like myself would go.
Examples
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In his absence, Liverpool is left with only two strikers, Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini.
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The veteran striker still has a few dance moves left in his arsenal after all.
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The striker runs towards the ball.
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John was a keen football player and a talented striker.
Academic text (2018) -
Come on, give me your top five strikers today in world football.
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Garza is a fine striker who will have a reach advantage.
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The Mexican-born striker runs the risk of spending the season sitting on the bench.
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Peter Crouch scored one goal against TNT, the only England striker to score.
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Ian Rush is Liverpool's star striker and a Welshman.
Fiction book (1994) -
We brought him in from Newcastle, and he was recommended by ex-England striker Peter Beardsley.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
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3.2
A player in sports like soccer or basketball who tries to score
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2.4
A player who scores points or goals in a game
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2.7
A player who tries to score by getting the ball into the goal or basket
A player who mainly tries to score goals in sports like lacrosse
A player who scores goals in a team sport like football
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A short pole under the bowsprit of a sailboat that holds a rope to keep the front rigging tight
How Attacking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Striker comes from the verb strike, which also means 'to hit the ball', so a football (soccer) striker is the player whose main job is to hit the ball into the goal and score.