1. (noun)stroke, shot (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand Synonyms: shaft, stab, dig, guessing, fortuity, slash, snap, guesswork, blastoff, stroking, stroke, barb, throw, gibe, cam stroke, shooter, slam, scene, solidus, virgule, crack, snapshot, shooting, separatrix, guess, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, jibe, chance event, accident, apoplexy, injection, pellet, dead reckoning, shot
2. (noun)throw, stroke, cam stroke the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw, stroke
3. (noun)stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw, stroke
5. (noun)stroke, stroking a light touch with the hands Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw, stroke
6. (noun)stroke (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
7. (noun)stroke the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
8. (noun)accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause Synonyms: stroking, solidus, slash, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, fortuity, throw, stroke
9. (noun)solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Synonyms: cam stroke, gash, throw, stroking, stroke, bezant, accident, fortuity, bezzant, slash, cut, bias, solidus, virgule, diagonal, chance event, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, byzant, separatrix, slice, shot
10. (noun)stroke a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
11. (noun)stroke any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
12. (verb)stroke a single complete movement Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
13. (verb)stroke touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
14. (verb)stroke strike a ball with a smooth blow
15. (verb)stroke row at a particular rate
16. (verb)stroke treat gingerly or carefully
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stroke'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. stroke A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some hea Synonyms: blow, box, concussion, disaster, misfortune, stripe, buffet, cuff, knock, rap, stroke, calamity, cut, lash, shock, thump
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