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Meaning of stroke
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stroke
n 1: (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"; "a good shot requires good
balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
[syn: {stroke}, {shot}]
2: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating
piece by a cam [syn: {throw}, {stroke}, {cam stroke}]
3: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or
occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
[syn: {stroke}, {apoplexy}, {cerebrovascular accident},
{CVA}]
4: a light touch
5: a light touch with the hands [syn: {stroke}, {stroking}]
6: (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the
ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
7: the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace
for the rest of the crew
8: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an
apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident";
"the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an
accident or fortuity" [syn: {accident}, {stroke}, {fortuity},
{chance event}]
9: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
{stroke}, {separatrix}]
10: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush;
"she applied the paint in careful strokes"
11: any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used
for locomotion in swimming or rowing
12: a single complete movement
v 1: touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He
stroked his long beard"
2: strike a ball with a smooth blow
3: row at a particular rate
4: treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"
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