# striking

Pronunciation: say "STRY-king" /ˈstɹaɪkɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Drawing immediate attention by being unusual, impressive, or beautiful enough to make a strong impression.
   - Simple: So unusual, impressive, or beautiful that people notice it right away.
   - _The portrait was striking enough to stop visitors in the gallery._
   - _There is a striking resemblance between the two cousins._
2. Engaged in a work stoppage as part of organized industrial action; on strike.
   - Simple: Refusing to work as a protest, usually to win better pay or conditions.
   - _Striking nurses negotiated through the night with hospital management._
   - _Police kept watch as striking dockworkers blocked the loading bays._

## Verb

3. Present participle of strike. — present participle and gerund of strike
   - Simple: Present participle of strike. Use this form for the hitting action as it is happening.
   - _Lightning was striking the ridge all through the storm._
   - _The boxer kept striking at his opponent's lowered guard._

## Noun

4. The action through which one thing hits another or is itself hit.
   - Simple: The act of hitting something, or of being hit by something.
   - _The rapid striking of the keys filled the workshop with sound._
   - _A single striking of the gong signaled the start of the ceremony._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/striking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).