Dictionary - stroke

Dictionary Results for stroke

1. stroke - noun

· (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"

Synonym(s): shot

Hypernym(s): maneuver, manoeuvre, play

2. stroke - noun

· the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Synonym(s): throw, cam_stroke

Hypernym(s): movement, motion

3. stroke - noun

· a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

Synonym(s): apoplexy, cerebrovascular_accident, CVA

Hypernym(s): attack

4. stroke - noun

· a light touch

Hypernym(s): touch, touching

5. stroke - noun

· a light touch with the hands

Synonym(s): stroking

Hypernym(s): touch, touching

6. stroke - noun

· (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"

Hypernym(s): score

7. stroke - noun

· the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

Hypernym(s): oarsman, rower

8. stroke - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): accident, fortuity, chance_event

Hypernym(s): happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural_event

9. stroke - noun

· a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

Synonym(s): solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, separatrix

Hypernym(s): punctuation, punctuation_mark

10. stroke - noun

· a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes"

Hypernym(s): mark, print

11. stroke - noun

· any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

Hypernym(s): locomotion, travel