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: nip, 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
4. (noun) stroke
a light touch
Synonyms: slash, fortuity, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, accident, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, stroking, solidus, throw
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
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Synonyms and Antonyms of stroke 
