striking


Meanings

  • the physical coming together of two or more things;
  • the act of contacting one thing with another;
  • deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;
  • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
  • hit against; come into sudden contact with;
  • make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target;
  • indicate (a certain time) by striking;
  • affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely;
  • stop work in order to press demands;
    • "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"
  • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
  • attain;
  • produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically;
  • cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp;
  • find unexpectedly;
  • produce by ignition or a blow;
  • remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;
  • cause to experience suddenly;
  • drive something violently into a location;
  • occupy or take on;
  • form by stamping, punching, or printing;
  • smooth with a strickle;
  • pierce with force;
  • arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;
  • sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect;
    • "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
  • having a quality that thrusts itself into attention;
    • "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"
    • "a striking resemblance between parent and child"


Scrabble Score: 13

striking is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

striking is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

striking is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

striking is a valid Words With Friends word