English

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/str��k/, SAMPA|/str@Uk/
a|US enPR|str�k, IPA|/stro�k/, SAMPA|/stroUk/
audio|en-us-stroke.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
ME. < OE. *term|strac|str�c|langang, an unattested noun on the basis of the verb term|stracian|str�cian|langang.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. An act of stroking.

#:She gave the cat a stroke.

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

#:on the stroke of midnight

1. A thrust of a piston.
2. A particular style of swimming.
3. medicine The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
4. A single movement with a tool.
5. A single act of striking with a weapon.
6. golf A single act of striking at the ball with a club.
7. tennisThe hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
8. 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.
9. rowing The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
10. In professional wrestling, backstage influence.
11. cricket The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
12. UK The symbol "/".

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

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "stroke"
at a stroke
at one stroke
backstroke
breaststroke
brushstroke
butterfly stroke
different strokes for different folks
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four-stroke engine
government stroke
keystroke
masterstroke
stroke of genius
stroke of luck
stroke of work
two-stroke engine
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Translations
trans-top|act of stroking
Czech: pohlazení n
Danish: ae
Dutch: aaien
French: caresse f
trans-mid
Italian: carezza f
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trans-top|blow
French: coup#French|coup m
German: Schlag m, Hieb m
trans-mid
Italian: colpo m
Portuguese: pancada f
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trans-top|line drawn with a pen or pencil
French: trait#French|trait m
German: Strich m, seldom: Zug m
trans-mid
Italian: tratto m
Portuguese: traço m
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trans-top|streak made with a brush
German: Strich m
trans-mid
Portuguese: pincelada f
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trans-top|time when a clock strikes
Dutch: klokslag m
German: Schlag m
trans-mid
Hebrew: פע��� f
Portuguese: badalada f
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trans-top|thrust of piston
German: Hub m
Italian: corsa f
trans-mid
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trans-top|particular style of swimming
French: brasse f
German: Schlag m, Zug m
trans-mid
Hebrew: �ת�ר� f
Portuguese: braçada f
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trans-top|loss of brain function due to loss of blood flow to the brain
Czech: mrtvice f, mozková mrtvice f
French: accident vasculaire cérébral m, attaque cérébrale f
German: Schlag m, Schlaganfall m
trans-mid
Hebrew: ש�ץ ���� m
Portuguese: derrame m
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trans-top|single movement with a tool
French: coup#French|coup m
trans-mid
Portuguese: tacada f
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trans-top|act of striking with a weapon
French: coup#French|coup m
German: Streich m
trans-mid
Portuguese: pancada f
trans-bottom

trans-top|in golf
German: Schlag m
trans-mid
Portuguese: tacada f
trans-bottom

trans-top|in tennis
German: Schlag m
trans-mid
Portuguese: raquetada f
trans-bottom

trans-top|in rowing: movement of an oar or paddle through water
German: Schlag m
trans-mid
Portuguese: remada f
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trans-top|in rowing: the rower who is nearest to the stern of the boat
German: Schlagmann m
trans-mid
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trans-top|in wrestling
trans-mid
Portuguese: pancada f
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trans-top|symbol
trans-mid
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Etymology 2
OE. term|stracian|str�cian|lang=ang.

Verb
en-verb|strok|ing

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

Translations
trans-top|to move the hand over the surface of
French: caresser
German: streicheln, streichen
Italian: accarezzare
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (naderu)
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trans-top|cricket: to hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion
trans-mid
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See also
pedialite|Stroke|strokes in the medical sense

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