1. a player in soccer or other sports whose main role is to score goals
Usage: sports
2. a worker who participates in a strike by refusing to work
3. a device that strikes something, especially the part of a mechanism that hits another part
Usage: mechanical

Examples

• The striker scored three goals in the championship match.
• She’s the team’s leading striker this season.
• The strikers gathered outside the factory demanding better wages.
• Union strikers blocked the entrance to the building.
• The clock’s striker hit the bell every hour.
• The gun’s striker mechanism failed to work properly.