different between striker vs passroll

English

Etymology

strike +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?k?(?)

Noun

striker (plural strikers)

1. An individual who is on strike.

   Synonym: turnout

2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
   1. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
   2. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
3. (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

   Synonyms: forward, attacker, centre forward
4. (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
6. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
7. (obsolete) A harpoon.
8. (obsolete) A harpooner.
9. (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.

   Synonym: green hand

10. (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
11. (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
12. (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

Synonyms

• (lewd man): See Thesaurus:promiscuous man

Translations

Anagrams

• skirret, skirter

French

Etymology

From strike +? -er; from English strike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?aj.ke/

Verb

striker

1. (bowling) to strike

Conjugation

English

Etymology

pass +? roll

Noun

passroll (plural passrolls)

1. A shot in the game of croquet which consists of moving both the striker ball and the croqueted ball together at about the same distance and possibly having the striker ball move farther than the croqueted ball with the stroke.