Definition of striking Striking

/stɹajˈkɪŋ/ - [strayking] - strik•ing

We found 10 definitions of striking from 4 different sources.

What does striking mean?

WordNet

Adjective
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"
		outstanding, prominent, salient, 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 - 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"
		dramatic, spectacular
		impressive producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
Noun
striking - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
		hit, hitting
		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 a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"
		scorcher, screamer a very hard hit ball
striking - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
		contact, impinging
		happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens
		collision, hit a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
		interlocking, meshing, mesh, engagement the act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check"
		flick a short stroke
		impact the striking of one body against another

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Wiktionary

striking (Verb)
Present participle of strike.
striking (Adjective)
Of that which makes a strong impression.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

striking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strike
striking
a. & n. from Strike, v.
striking (a.)
Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.