stroke

Meanings

• (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"
• the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
• a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
• 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
  • "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"
• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
• 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
• 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"

Synonyms

accident, apoplexy, cam stroke, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, CVA, diagonal, fortuity, separatrix, shot, slash, solidus, stroking, throw, virgule