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Results for: "striking"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

strike — work stoppage
→ verkfall n
strike — to hit
→ slá
→ berja

More translations:

striking
→ eftirtektarverður

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (2)

1. the physical coming together of two or more things;
- Example: "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
[syn: contact, impinging, striking]

2. the act of contacting one thing with another;
- Example: "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
- Example: "after three misses she finally got a hit"
[syn: hit, hitting, striking]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect;
- Example: "a dramatic sunset"
- Example: "a dramatic pause"
- Example: "a spectacular display of northern lights"
- Example: "it was a spectacular play"
- Example: "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
[syn: dramatic, spectacular, striking]

2. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention;
- Example: "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"
- Example: "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"
- Example: "salient traits"
- Example: "a spectacular rise in prices"
- Example: "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"
- Example: "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
[syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking]