ALL meanings of stroke
stroke
S s - noun stroke medical: apoplexy 1
- abbreviation STROKE swing 1
- transitive verb stroke rub, caress 1
- noun stroke act of striking 1
- noun stroke sport: hit, swing 1
- noun stroke movement of piston 1
- noun stroke heartbeat 1
- noun stroke movement: swimming, rowing 1
- noun stroke dab of a paintbrush 1
- noun stroke drawing, writing: line or mark 1
- noun stroke act of stroking 1
- noun stroke a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court. 1
- noun stroke a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.: 3/21/27; “Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne) 1
- noun stroke a short oblique stroke (/) used in computing; a forward slash. 1
- verb with object stroke to pass the hand or an instrument over (something or somebody) lightly or with little pressure; rub gently, as in soothing or caressing. 1
- verb with object stroke Informal. to promote feelings of self-approval in; flatter. 1
- verb stroke If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. 0
- countable noun stroke If someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body. 0
- countable noun stroke The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting. 0
- countable noun stroke When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars. 0
- countable noun stroke A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming. 0
- countable noun stroke The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour. 0
- countable noun stroke In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball. 0
- singular noun stroke A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. 0
- singular noun stroke A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has. 0
- noun stroke the act or an instance of striking; a blow, knock, or hit 0
- noun stroke a sudden action, movement, or occurrence 0
- noun stroke a brilliant or inspired act or feat 0
- noun stroke apoplexy; rupture of a blood vessel in the brain resulting in loss of consciousness, often followed by paralysis, or embolism or thrombosis affecting a cerebral vessel 0
- noun stroke the striking of a clock 0
- noun stroke the hour registered by the striking of a clock 0
- noun stroke a mark, flourish, or line made by a writing implement 0
- noun stroke another name for solidus, used esp when dictating or reading aloud 0
- noun stroke a light touch or caress, as with the fingers 0
- noun stroke a pulsation, esp of the heart 0
- noun stroke a single complete movement or one of a series of complete movements 0
- noun stroke the act or manner of striking the ball with a racket, club, bat, etc 0
- noun stroke any one of the repeated movements used by a swimmer to propel himself through the water 0
- noun stroke a manner of swimming, esp one of several named styles such as the crawl or butterfly 0
- noun stroke any one of a series of linear movements of a reciprocating part, such as a piston 0
- noun stroke the distance travelled by such a part from one end of its movement to the other 0
- noun stroke a single pull on an oar or oars in rowing 0
- noun stroke manner or style of rowing 0
- noun stroke the oarsman who sits nearest the stern of a shell, facing the cox, and sets the rate of striking for the rest of the crew 0
- noun stroke a compliment or comment that enhances a person's self-esteem 0
- noun stroke pornographic; masturbatory 0
- verb stroke to touch, brush, or caress lightly or gently 0
- verb stroke to mark a line or a stroke on or through 0
- verb stroke to act as the stroke of (a racing shell) 0
- verb stroke to strike (a ball) with a smooth swinging blow 0