:the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
:a hitting of or upon anything.
:a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell.
:the sound produced by this.
:a throb or pulsation, as of the heart.
:Also called apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident .Pathology. a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, causing inadequate oxygen supply and, depending on the extent and location of the abnormality, such symptoms as weakness, paralysis of parts of the body, speech difficulties, and, if severe, loss of consciousness or death.
:something likened to a blow in its effect, as in causing pain, injury, or death; an attack of apoplexy or paralysis.
:a destructive discharge of lightning.
:a vigorous movement, as if in dealing a blow.
:Sports. a hitting of a ball, as by the swing of a racquet in tennis or the controlled jabbing or thrusting with the cue in pool and billiards.
:a single complete movement, especially one continuously repeated in some process.
Indeed, scientists have linked khat consumption to increased risk of strokes and heart diseases.
However, you can bring them back to sharpness with just a few strokes along a sharpening stone.
So they adopted its broad strokes—including its limits on data collection and its requirements on data storage and data deletion—and then loosened some of its language.
By itself, such a lopsided stroke would lead to swimming in circles.
Instead of swimming straight by twirling their tails like propellers, human sperm flick their tails lopsidedly and roll to balance out the off-center strokes.
With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.
This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
And finally, when you ask for your car, your dress, whatever it is you want, stroke his hand.
In a stroke, and if his words are genuine, Tim Cook has just become Gay Superman.
In a stroke of genius, he enlisted Bundy to vouch for him on tape.
I hope the French Government will recognize this dashing stroke of d'Amade's by something more solid than a thank you.
She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.
Her pulse was beneath his fingers, and with every stroke of it he felt more keenly the mystery and cruelty of life.
They were afraid that it was too small; they then put another of 14 inches by the side of the first, the same stroke.
Machinery. one of a series of alternating continuous movements of something back and forth over or through the same line.the complete movement of a moving part, especially a reciprocating part, in one direction.the distance traversed in such a movement.a half revolution of an engine during which the piston travels from one extreme of its range to the other.
:Swimming. a type or method of swimming: The crawl is a rapid stroke.each of the successive movements of the arms and legs in propelling the body through the water.
:Rowing. a single pull of the oar.the manner or style of moving the oars.Also called stroke oar .the crew member nearest to the stern of the boat, to whose strokes those of the other crew members must conform.
:a movement of a pen, pencil, brush, graver, or the like.
:a mark traced by or as if by one movement of a pen, pencil, brush, or the like.
:Chiefly British. virgule.
:a distinctive or effective touch in a literary composition: His style revealed the stroke of a master.
:a single or minimal act, piece, or amount of work, activity, etc.: to refuse to do a stroke of work.
:an attempt to attain some object: a bold stroke for liberty.
:a measure adopted for a particular purpose.
:a keystroke: no more than 65 strokes to the line for business letters.
:a feat or achievement: a stroke of genius.
:a sudden or chance happening, as of luck or fortune.
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stroked, strok·ing.
:to mark with a stroke or strokes, as of a pen; cancel, as by a stroke of a pen.
:Rowing. to row as a stroke oar of.to set the stroke for the crew of.
:Sports. to hit, as with a deliberate, smooth swing of a bat or club.