Definition of striking

"striking" in the noun sense

1. contact, impinging, striking

the physical coming together of two or more things

"contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"

2. hit, hitting, striking

the act of contacting one thing with another

"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"

"after three misses she finally got a hit"

"striking" in the verb sense

1. strike

deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

"The teacher struck the child"

"the opponent refused to strike"

"The boxer struck the attacker dead"

2. affect, impress, move, strike

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

"This child impressed me as unusually mature"

"This behavior struck me as odd"

"he was dumb-struck by the news"

"her comments struck a sour note"

3. hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with

hit against come into sudden contact with

"The car hit a tree"

"He struck the table with his elbow"

4. strike, hit

make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

"The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"

"We must strike the enemy's oil fields"

"in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"

5. strike

indicate (a certain time) by striking

"The clock struck midnight"

"Just when I entered, the clock struck"

6. hit, strike

affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

"We were hit by really bad weather"

"He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"

"The earthquake struck at midnight"

7. strike, walk out

stop work in order to press demands

"The auto workers are striking for higher wages"

"The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"

8. fall, shine, strike

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

"Light fell on her face"

"The sun shone on the fields"

"The light struck the golden necklace"

"A strange sound struck my ears"

9. come to, strike

attain

"The horse finally struck a pace"

10. strike, hit

produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

"The pianist strikes a middle C"

"strike `z' on the keyboard"

11. strike

cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp

"strike an arc"

12. fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover

find unexpectedly

"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"

"she struck a goldmine"

"The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

13. strike

produce by ignition or a blow

"strike fire from the flintstone"

"strike a match"

14. strike, scratch, expunge, excise

remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

"Please strike this remark from the record"

"scratch that remark"

15. hit, strike, come to

cause to experience suddenly

"Panic struck me"

"An interesting idea hit her"

"A thought came to me"

"The thought struck terror in our minds"

"They were struck with fear"

16. hit, strike

drive something violently into a location

"he hit his fist on the table"

"she struck her head on the low ceiling"

17. assume, take, strike, take up

occupy or take on

"He assumes the lotus position"

"She took her seat on the stage"

"We took our seats in the orchestra"

"She took up her position behind the tree"

"strike a pose"

18. strike

disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

"after the show, we'll have to strike the set and pack up"

19. mint, coin, strike

form by stamping, punching, or printing

"strike coins"

"strike a medal"

20. strickle, strike

smooth with a strickle

"strickle the grain in the measure"

21. strike

pierce with force

"The bullet struck her thigh"

"The icy wind struck through our coats"

22. strike

arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

"strike a balance"

"strike a bargain"

"striking" in the adjective sense

1. dramatic, spectacular, striking

sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

"a dramatic sunset"

"a dramatic pause"

"a spectacular display of northern lights"

"it was a spectacular play"

"his striking good looks always created a sensation"

2. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking

having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"

"a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"

"salient traits"

"a spectacular rise in prices"

"a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"

"a striking resemblance between parent and child"

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Quotations for striking

What's a fine person, or a beauteous face,
Unless deportment gives them decent grace?
Blessed with all other requisites to please.
Some want the striking elegance of ease;
The curious eye their awkward movement tires:
They seem like puppets led about by wires. [ Churchill ]

Striking, and not making it felt, is anger lost. [ Proverb ]

A thinking man is always striking out something new. [ Proverb ]

Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. [ Cromwell ]

The most striking characters are sometimes the product of an infinity of little accidents. [ Danton ]

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. [ Dr. Johnson ]

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. [ Ninon de Lenelos ]

Though color be the lowest of all the constituent parts of beauty, yet it is vulgarly the most striking. [ Joseph Spence ]

Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

That policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance which, like Cromwell's, can make the iron hot by striking; and he that can only rule the storm must yield to him who can both raise and rule it. [ Colton ]

To be left alone in the wide world with scarcely a friend, - this makes the sadness which, striking its pang into the minds of the young and the affectionate, teaches them too soon to watch and interpret the spirit-signs of their own hearts. [ Hawthorne ]

My method has been simply this - to think well on the subject which I had to deal with and when thoroughly impressed with it and acquainted with it in all its details, to write away without stopping to choose a word, leaving a blank where I was at a loss for it; to express myself as simply as possible in vernacular English, and afterwards to go through what I had written, striking out all redundancies, and substituting, when possible, simpler and more English words for those I might have written. I found that by following this method I could generally reduce very considerably in length what I had put on paper without sacrificing anything of importance or rendering myself less intelligible. [ Sir Austen Henry Layard, The Art of Authorship, 1891 ]

striking in Scrabble®

The word striking is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters striking:

STRIKING
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

risking

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word striking

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striking in Words With Friends™

The word striking is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters striking:

STRIKING
(150)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

risking

 

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Words within the letters of striking

2 letter words in striking (3 words)

3 letter words in striking (14 words)

6 letter words in striking (8 words)

7 letter words in striking (1 word)

8 letter words in striking (Anagrams) (2 words)

striking + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence striking

Words that start with striking (3 words)

Words with striking in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving striking

Shorter words in striking

in kin king

Longer words containing striking

counterstriking

nonstriking

outstriking

overstriking

restriking

strikingly

strikingness

understriking