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strik·ing

(strī′kĭng)

adj.

Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind. See Synonyms at noticeable.

strik′ing·ly adv.

strik′ing·ness n.

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striking

(ˈstraɪkɪŋ)

adj

1. attracting attention; fine; impressive: a striking beauty.

2. conspicuous; noticeable: a striking difference.

ˈstrikingly adv

ˈstrikingness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

strik•ing

(ˈstraɪ kɪŋ)

adj.

1. conspicuously attractive or impressive.

2. noticeable; conspicuous: a striking lack of enthusiasm.

[1605–15]

strik′ing•ly, adv.

strik′ing•ness, n.

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Noun	1.	striking - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" impinging, contact happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens collision, hit - (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction" interlocking, meshing, mesh, engagement - contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" flick - a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" impact - the striking of one body against another touch, touching - the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"
	2.	striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" hitting, hit touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" contusion - the action of bruising; "the bruise resulted from a contusion" crash, smash - the act of colliding with something; "his crash through the window"; "the fullback's smash into the defensive line" bunt - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat fly ball, fly - (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 plunker, plunk - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
Adj.	1.	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" spectacular, dramatic impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
	2.	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" prominent, salient, outstanding, spectacular conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

striking

adjective

1. distinct, noticeable, conspicuous, clear, obvious, evident, manifest, unmistakable, observable, perceptible, appreciable He bears a striking resemblance to Lenin.

2. impressive, dramatic, stunning (informal), wonderful, extraordinary, outstanding, astonishing, memorable, dazzling, noticeable, conspicuous, drop-dead (slang), out of the ordinary, forcible, jaw-dropping, gee-whizz (slang) She was a striking woman with long blonde hair.
impressive average, unimpressive, unexceptional, dull, indifferent, vanilla (informal), undistinguished, uninteresting, unextraordinary

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

striking

adjective

Readily attracting notice:

arresting, bold, conspicuous, eye-catching, marked, noticeable, observable, outstanding, pointed, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, salient, signal.

Idiom: sticking out like a sore thumb.

Translations

لافِتٌ لِلْنَظَرلافِت للنَّظَر، مُدْهِش

nápadný

iøjnefaldendepåfaldende

auffallend auffällig bemerkenswert Einschlag eklatant

εντυπωσιακός

llamativo sorprendente asombroso impresionante

silmiinpistävä

frappant imposant remarquable sensible

dojmljiv

eftirtektarverîur

impressionante straordinario appariscente

目立つ

인상적인

opvallend

påfallende usedvanlig

uderzający

impressionante

поразительный

slående

ซึ่งโดดเด่น

çarpıcı dikkat çeken etkileyici

đầy ấn tượng

引人注目的惊人的

striking

[ˈstraɪkɪŋ] ADJ

1. (= remarkable, arresting) [picture, clothes, colour] → llamativo; [contrast] → notable; [similarity, difference] → sorprendente; [beauty] → imponente, impresionante; [woman] → imponente
her striking good looks → su imponente or impresionante belleza
to bear a striking resemblance to sb → parecerse muchísimo a algn
the most striking feature of the house → el detalle que más llama la atención de la casa
her thesis has several striking features → su tesis contiene varios aspectos sobresalientes
it is striking that → es impresionante que ...

2. a striking clock → un reloj que marca las horas

3. (Ind) the striking workers → los obreros en huelga

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

striking

[ˈstraɪkɪŋ] adj

(= marked) [difference, contrast, resemblance, feature] → frappant(e)
a striking difference → une différence frappante

(= eye-catching) [person, beauty, good looks, appearance] → qui attire l'œil
She was a striking redhead → C'était une rousse qui attirait l'œil.

(= on strike) → en grève
striking miners → les mineurs en grève

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

striking

adj

(= arresting) contrast, colour, resemblance etc → auffallend, bemerkenswert; difference → verblüffend, erstaunlich; person → bemerkenswert; looks → umwerfend; appearance, beauty → eindrucksvoll; a striking example of something → ein hervorragendes Beispiel für etw

attr worker → streikend

attr clock → mit Schlagwerk; the striking clock keeps me awake → das Schlagen der Uhr lässt mich nicht schlafen; striking mechanism → Schlagwerk nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

striking

[ˈstraɪkɪŋ] adj (arresting, picture, dress, colour) → che colpisce; (person) → che fa colpo; (obvious, contrast, resemblance) → evidente, lampante; (shocking, change, sight) → impressionante
to be within striking distance of sth (Mil) → essere a portata di tiro da qc (fig) → essere a un tiro di schioppo da qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

strike

(straik) – past tense struck (strak) : past participles struck ~stricken (ˈstrikən) – verb

1. to hit, knock or give a blow to. He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.

2. to attack. The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.

3. to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing. He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.

4. (of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay. The men decided to strike for higher wages.

5. to discover or find. After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.

6. to (make something) sound. He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.

7. to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person). I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.

8. to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).

9. to go in a certain direction. He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.

10. to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).

noun

1. an act of striking. a miners' strike.

2. a discovery of oil, gold etc. He made a lucky strike.

ˈstriker noun

1. a worker who strikes.

2. in football, a forward player.

ˈstriking adjective

noticeable or impressive. She is tall and striking; She wears striking clothes.

ˈstrikingly adverb

be (out) on strike

(of workers) to be striking. The electricity workers are (out) on strike.

call a strike

(of a trade union leader etc) to ask workers to strike.

come out on strike

(of workers) to strike.

come/be within striking distance of

to come very close to.

strike at

to attempt to strike, or aim a blow at (a person etc). He struck at the dog with his stick.

strike an attitude / a pose

to place oneself in a particular usually rather showy pose.

strike a balance

to reach a satisfactory middle level of compromise between two undesirable extremes.

strike a bargain/agreement

to make a bargain; to reach an agreement.

strike a blow for

to make an effort on behalf of (a cause etc).

strike down

to hit or knock (a person) down. He was struck down by a car / a terrible disease.

strike dumb

to amaze. I was struck dumb at the news.

strike fear/terror etc into

to fill (a person) with fear etc. The sound struck terror into them.

strike home

(of a blow, insult etc) to reach the place where it will hurt most.

strike it rich

to make a lot of money.

strike lucky

to have good luck in a particular matter.

strike out

1. to erase or cross out (a word etc). He read the essay and struck out a word here and there.

2. to start fighting. He's a man who strikes out with his fists whenever he's angry.

strike up

1. to begin to play a tune etc. The band struck up (with) `The Red Flag'.

2. to begin (a friendship, conversation etc). He struck up an acquaintance with a girl on the train.

striking

→ لافِتٌ لِلْنَظَر nápadný påfaldende bemerkenswert εντυπωσιακός asombroso silmiinpistävä frappant dojmljiv impressionante 目立つ 인상적인 opvallend påfallende uderzający impressionante поразительный slående ซึ่งโดดเด่น çarpıcı đầy ấn tượng 惊人的

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Labor was striking here, there, and everywhere; and where it was not striking, it was being turned out by the capitalists.

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This prevented the striking of the blow; but three times more, before the round ended, Ponta effected the trick, each time striking the same vulnerable part.

It missed, striking the cheek instead, and sending Ponta staggering sideways.

Not once did Ponta succeed in striking his opponent the deadly final blow.

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He pivoted on his feet, and, instead of striking, ducked the other's swinging blow and went into a clinch.

But the enraged Patsy batted on, striking his own eye and nose and cheek on the top of the other's head.

It is not reasonable that a man would so injure himself, and continue to injure himself, by striking the soft and sensitive parts of his face against your head.

"Does it stand to reason that a man, any man not a lunatic, would so injure himself, and continue to injure himself, by striking the soft and sensitive parts of his face with a stone?" Carter Watson demanded

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Sheldon promptly swerved to the left to seek similar shelter, when the faint crack of a rifle came to his ears, and almost immediately the bullet, striking the hard sand a hundred feet beyond him, ricochetted and whined onward on a second flight, convincing him that, preposterous and unreal as it was, it was nevertheless sober fact.

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So cold, so cold--oh, that rain last night!--and the strokes of the clock, the strokes I can't count, keep striking in my head

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"Yet you didn't consider striking for yourselves when your wages were cut," Saxon said with a frown.

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Security services dispersed the striking workers yesterday.

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