stroke

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /strəʊk/, SAMPA: /str@Uk/
• (US) enPR: strōk, IPA: /stroʊk/, SAMPA: /stroUk/
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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English < Old English *strāc, an unattested noun on the basis of the verb strācian.

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

stroke (plural strokes)

1. An act of stroking.

   She gave the cat a stroke.

2. A blow or hit.
3. A line drawn with a pen or pencil.
4. A streak of paint made with a brush.
5. The time when a clock strikes.

   on the stroke of midnight

6. A thrust of a piston.
7. A particular style of swimming.
8. (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
9. A single movement with a tool.
10. A single act of striking with a weapon.
11. (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club.
12. (tennis)The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
13. (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.
14. (rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
15. In professional wrestling, backstage influence.
16. (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
17. (British) The symbol "/".
18. (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent, see Wikipedia's article on squash for more information.
19. (linguistics) A stroke of a Chinese character.
20. (art) A stroke of pen or brush.

[edit] Synonyms

• (act of stroking): caress
• (blow): blow, hit
• (made with a pen): stroke of the pen
• (made with a brush): brushstroke
• (time when a clock strikes): hour
• (thrust of a piston): push, thrust
• (particular style of swimming):
• (in medical sense): cerebrovascular accident, CVA
• (single movement with a tool):
• (act of striking with a weapon): blow
• (in golf):
• (in tennis):
• (in rowing):
• (in wrestling):
• (in cricket): shot
• (symbol): forward slash (in computing), shilling sign (British, dated), slant, slash (especially in computing), solidus, virgule

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English strācian.

[edit] Verb

to stroke (third-person singular simple present strokes, present participle stroking, simple past and past participle stroked)

1. (transitive) To move the hand over the surface of (something) in one direction.
2. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.

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[edit] See also

• strokes in the medical sense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ekorst
• stoker
• tokers