stroke, stroking
(noun) a light touch with the hands
stroke
(noun) a single complete movement
stroke, shot
(noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; “it took two strokes to get out of the bunker”; “a good shot requires good balance and tempo”; “he left me an almost impossible shot”
stroke
(noun) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
stroke
(noun) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; “she applied the paint in careful strokes”
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event
(noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; “winning the lottery was a happy accident”; “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”; “it was due to an accident or fortuity”
throw, stroke, cam stroke
(noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
stroke
(noun) a light touch
stroke
(noun) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
stroke
(noun) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; “Nicklaus won by three strokes”
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
(noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
stroke
(verb) treat gingerly or carefully; “You have to stroke the boss”
stroke
(verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow
stroke
(verb) row at a particular rate
stroke
(verb) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; “He stroked his long beard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stroke (plural strokes)
An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
A blow or hit.
A single movement with a tool.
(tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
(rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull.
(cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
A thrust as of a piston or of the penis during sexual intercourse.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly
(UK, typography) The slash, /.
(Unicode, typography) The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵).
(linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.
A streak made with a brush.
The time when a clock strikes.
(swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.
(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
(obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
(rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
(rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
(professional wrestling) Backstage influence.
(squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
(sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.
(obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
A throb or beat, as of the heart.
Power; influence.
(obsolete) Appetite.
In transactional analysis, a (generally positive) reaction to a person, fulfilling their needs or desires.
• (act of stroking, petting): caress
• (blow): blow, hit, beat
• (single movement with a tool)
(in golf)
(in tennis)
(in rowing)
(in cricket): shot
(thrust of a piston): push, thrust
• (made with a pen): stroke of the pen
(made with a brush): brushstroke
(symbol): See slash and strikethrough
• (time when a clock strikes): hour
• (particular style of swimming)
• (in medical sense): cerebrovascular accident, CVA
• (in wrestling)
stroke (third-person singular simple present strokes, present participle stroking, simple past and past participle stroked)
(transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
(transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
(masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
(transitive, rowing) To row the stroke oar of.
• Kortes, Koster, Stoker, stoker, tokers, trokes
Source: Wiktionary
Stroke, obs. imp. of Strike.
Definition: Struck.
Stroke, n. Etym: [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See Strike, v. t.]
1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. Deut. xix. 5. A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes. Prov. xviii. 6. He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. Bacon.
2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness. In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. Isa. xxx. 26.
3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour. Well, but what's o'clock - Upon the stroke of ten.
– Well, let is strike. Shak.
4. A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking. Dryden.
5. A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke. O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. Pope.
6. Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay. Addison.
7. A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death. At this one stroke the man looked dead in law. Harte.
8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. Tennyson.
9. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.; also: (Rowing) (a) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke. (b) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar. (c) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
10. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
11. (Mach.)
Definition: The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward the front of the vehicle.
12. Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all the stroke." Robynson (More's Utopia). He has a great stroke with the reader. Dryden.
13. Appetite. [Obs.] Swift. To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison. The oars where silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. Shak.
Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strokeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Strokeing.] Etym: [OE. stroken, straken, AS. stracian, fr. strican to go over, pass. See Strike, v. t., and cf. Straggle.]
1. To strike. [Obs.] Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the wound, and it will close. Chaucer.
2. To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe. He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He stroked her cheeks. Dryden.
3. To make smooth by rubbing. Longfellow.
4. (Masonry)
Definition: To give a finely fluted surface to.
5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
