What is the meaning of striking?

noun

• The physical coming together of two or more things.
  • usage: "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
  • synonyms: contact, impinging
• The act of contacting one thing with another.
  • usage: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
  • synonyms: hit, hitting

verb

• Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.
  • usage: "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
  • synonyms: strike
• Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
  • usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
  • synonyms: affect, impress, move, strike
• Hit against; come into sudden contact with.
  • usage: "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
  • synonyms: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.
  • usage: "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2"
  • synonyms: strike, hit
• Indicate (a certain time) by striking.
  • usage: "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
  • synonyms: strike
• Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.
  • usage: "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
  • synonyms: hit, strike
• Stop work in order to press demands.
  • usage: "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"
  • synonyms: strike, walk out
• Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
  • usage: "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
  • synonyms: fall, shine, strike
• Attain.
  • usage: "The horse finally struck a pace"
  • synonyms: come to, strike
• Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"
  • synonyms: strike, hit
• Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.
  • usage: "strike an arc"
  • synonyms: strike
• Find unexpectedly.
  • usage: "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
  • synonyms: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
• Produce by ignition or a blow.
  • usage: "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match"
  • synonyms: strike
• Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
  • usage: "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
  • synonyms: strike, scratch, expunge, excise
• Cause to experience suddenly.
  • usage: "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
  • synonyms: hit, strike, come to
• Drive something violently into a location.
  • usage: "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
  • synonyms: hit, strike
• Occupy or take on.
  • usage: "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
  • synonyms: assume, take, strike, take up
• Form by stamping, punching, or printing.
  • usage: "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
  • synonyms: mint, coin, strike
• Smooth with a strickle.
  • usage: "strickle the grain in the measure"
  • synonyms: strickle, strike
• Pierce with force.
  • usage: "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats"
  • synonyms: strike
• Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.
  • usage: "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
  • synonyms: strike

adjective

• Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: dramatic, spectacular
• Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular