striking

“a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center”

“a striking resemblance between parent and child”

“his striking good looks always created a sensation”

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; collision, hit
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; engagement, interlocking, mesh, meshing
contact by fitting together; flick
a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); impact
the striking of one body against another; touch, touching
the event of something coming in contact with the body; blow, bump
an impact (as from a collision); slam
a forceful impact that makes a loud noise; brush, light touch
momentary contact; stroke
a light touch

Type of:: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; contusion
the action of bruising; crash, smash
the act of colliding with something; bunt
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat; fly, fly ball
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air; ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground; header
(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head; scorcher, screamer
a very hard hit ball; plunk, plunker
(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly; impaction, impingement
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something; blast
a very long fly ball; pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up
a short high fly ball; chop, chopper
a grounder that bounces high in the air; roller
a grounder that rolls along the infield; line drive, liner
(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter; flare
(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield; Texas leaguer
(baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder

Type of:: touch, touching
the act of putting two things together with no space between them

DEFINITIONS OF: striking