"striking" meaning in English

See striking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-striking.ogg Forms: more striking [comparative], most striking [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)
  1. Making a strong impression. Translations (of that which makes a strong impression): لافِتٌ لِلنَّظَرِ [masculine] (Arabic), لافِتَةٌ لِلنَّظَرِ [feminine, masculine, plural, singular] (Arabic), поразителен (porazitelen) (Bulgarian), удивителен (udivitelen) (Bulgarian), výrazný (Czech), nápadný (Czech), opvallend (Dutch), treffend (Dutch), silmiinpistävä (Finnish), éclatant (French), auffällig (German), szembeötlő (Hungarian), feltűnő (Hungarian), impressionante (Italian), sconcertante (Italian), scioccante (Italian), spilgts (Latvian), впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv) (Macedonian), oppfaulent (Plautdietsch), uderzający (Polish), impresionant (Romanian), впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) [masculine] (Russian), впечатля́ющая (vpečatljájuščaja) [feminine] (Russian), впечатля́ющее (vpečatljájuščeje) [neuter] (Russian), впечатля́ющие (vpečatljájuščije) [feminine, masculine, neuter, plural] (Russian), eklatantan (Serbo-Croatian), napadan (Serbo-Croatian), impresivan (Serbo-Croatian), llamativo (Spanish), imponente (Spanish), impresionante (Spanish), slående (Swedish), påfallande (Swedish), разю́чий (razjúčyj) (Ukrainian), вража́ючий (vražájučyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-striking-en-adj-GlQ7yVAC Disambiguation of 'of that which makes a strong impression': 90 10
  2. (non-comparable, of employees) On strike, taking part in industrial action.
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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-striking.ogg Forms: strikings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} striking (plural strikings)
  1. The act by which something strikes or is struck. Derived forms: striking distance, striking plate, striking range, wonder-striking
    Sense id: en-striking-en-noun-0ppiRVtI

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-striking.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} striking
  1. present participle and gerund of strike Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: strike
    Sense id: en-striking-en-verb-~Elq3mm6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
          "word": "sconcertante"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
          "word": "scioccante"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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          "text": "This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.",
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          "ref": "2016 February 6, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, retrieved 2016-02-08:",
          "text": "This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "roman": "porazitelen",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "поразителен"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "udivitelen",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "výrazný"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "nápadný"
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "opvallend"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "treffend"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "silmiinpistävä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "éclatant"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "auffällig"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "szembeötlő"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "feltűnő"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "impressionante"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "sconcertante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "scioccante"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "spilgts"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "oppfaulent"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "uderzający"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "impresionant"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vpečatljájuščij",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "word": "впечатля́ющий"
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      "roman": "vpečatljájuščaja",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "впечатля́ющая"
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "word": "впечатля́ющее"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "napadan"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "imponente"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "impresionante"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "slående"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "påfallande"
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "разю́чий"
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      "sense": "of that which makes a strong impression",
      "word": "вража́ючий"
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      "word": "striking distance"
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      "word": "striking plate"
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      "word": "striking range"
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      "word": "wonder-striking"
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          "text": "We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?",
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