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# striking

adjective (striking); verb form of strike (strike, strikes, struck, striking)

«striking» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Striking means hitting something hard: the ball striking the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#m1)
2. For a clock, striking means ringing the hours: the clock is striking six. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#m2)
3. Striking also means very easy to notice, eye-catching: a striking red dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#m3)
4. Striking workers are on strike: they stop work to ask for better pay or conditions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: a clock striking the hours: strikes counted; 6 strikes have only 5 gaps, so time = gaps × gap length; a hit or a strike in a game. In science: lightning striking a tree; striking a match. Safety: lightning often strikes tall things, so do not shelter under a lone tree in a storm. Phrases: striking distance, a striking difference, the clock striking, striking a match.

### Examples

- The clock is striking 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x1)
- How many times does a clock strike from 1 to 12? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x2)
- The clock takes 10 seconds for striking 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x3)
- Each striking of the bell lasts 2 seconds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x4)
- Lightning is striking the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x5)
- She wore a striking yellow coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x6)
- There is a striking likeness between the twins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x7)
- He was striking the nail with a hammer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x8)
- The bus drivers are striking for better pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x9)
- The clocks were striking twelve when John awoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/#x10)

### Note

Past form of strike: struck. Counts strikes. Trap: 6 strikes have only 5 gaps, so time is gaps × gap length. Trap: a clock that strikes each hour from 1 to 12 strikes 78 times in all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «striking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/striking/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«striking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/striking.html) on Mova free.