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STRIKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of contacting one thing with another
Example:
after three misses she finally got a hit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("striking" is a kind of...):
touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striking"):
contusion (the action of bruising)
crash; smash (the act of colliding with something)
bunt ((baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat)
fly; fly ball ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)
ground ball; groundball; grounder; hopper ((baseball) a hit that travels along the ground)
header ((soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head)
scorcher; screamer (a very hard hit ball)
plunk; plunker ((baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly)
Derivation:
strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The physical coming together of two or more things
Example:
contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("striking" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "striking"):
collision; hit ((physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together)
engagement; interlocking; mesh; meshing (contact by fitting together)
flick (a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible))
impact (the striking of one body against another)
touch; touching (the event of something coming in contact with the body)
Derivation:
strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Example:
a striking resemblance between parent and child
Synonyms:
outstanding; prominent; salient; spectacular; striking
Classified under:
Similar:
conspicuous (obvious to the eye or mind)
Derivation:
strikingness (the state of being salient)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Example:
his striking good looks always created a sensation
Synonyms:
dramatic; spectacular; striking
Classified under:
Similar:
impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)
Derivation:
strikingness (the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb strike
Context examples:
So he laid himself down, and sleep fell upon him unawares, so that he did not wake up till the clock was striking a quarter to twelve.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Sir John, who called on them more than once, brought home such accounts of the favour they were in, as must be universally striking.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She was in striking contrast to Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was not until Hans knew he was striking his wife that he ceased.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
At last it arrested her—and she beheld a striking resemblance to Mr. Darcy, with such a smile over the face as she remembered to have sometimes seen when he looked at her.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I heard the striking of a match.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was fighting, tearing at a live thing that was striking at him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
To think of your striking a stuffed man, like the poor Scarecrow!
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
One of the most striking facts about these sites is their extended period of use.
(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)
Striking the turnscrew through the lead with a swift downward stab, which made me wince, he made a small hole, which was, however, big enough to admit the point of the saw.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
