STROKE

Definition

1. verb touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions.
2. verb strike a ball with a smooth blow.
3. verb row at a particular rate.
4. verb treat gingerly or carefully.
5. noun (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand. — synonyms: shot
6. noun the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam. — synonyms: throw, cam_stroke
7. noun a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. — synonyms: apoplexy, cerebrovascular_accident, CVA
8. noun a light touch.
9. noun a light touch with the hands. — synonyms: stroking
10. noun (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club.
11. noun the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew.
12. noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause. — synonyms: accident, fortuity, chance_event
13. noun a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. — synonyms: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, separatrix
14. noun a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush.
15. noun any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing.
16. noun a single complete movement.