understroke

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ stroke.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/

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Noun

understroke (plural understrokes)

1. A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

Verb

understroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)

1. (transitive) To underline or underscore.
   • 1733 March 20, letter to Catherine Hyde, Jonathan Swift:

     You have understroked that offensive word, to show it should be printed in italic.

Adjective

understroke (not comparable)

1. Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter.

   Coordinate term: frontstroke

   • 2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics:

     Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.