Stroke - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |strəʊk|  American pronunciation of the word stroke
Brit.  |strəʊk|  British pronunciation of the word stroke

noun

- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand (syn: shot)
it took two strokes to get out of the bunker
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam (syn: throw)
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain (syn: apoplexy)
- a light touch
- a light touch with the hands
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
Nicklaus won by three strokes
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause (syn: accident, fortuity)
the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
- a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information (syn: diagonal, slash, virgule)
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
she applied the paint in careful strokes
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a single complete movement

verb

- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
He stroked his long beard
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
- row at a particular rate
- treat gingerly or carefully
You have to stroke the boss

Extra examples

He had a stroke last winter.

She has a strong backhand stroke.

He is ahead by two strokes.

She swims with long, smooth strokes.

She knows the four basic strokes.

He gave him a smart stroke on the cheek.

He smote off the pirate's head with a single stroke of his sword.

A stroke of his hammer broke a bowl.

They have not done a stroke of work.

It was a stroke of genius.

At the stroke of two she was already at home.

In iambic the stroke may come equally on the first syllable.

He had a stroke.

She gave her hair a casual stroke with the brush.

The crew must row at a certain number of strokes per minute.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: stroke
he/she/it: strokes
present participle: stroking
past tense: stroked
past participle: stroked
noun
singular: stroke
plural: strokes
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