Dictionary Entry
stroke
stroke is a 6-letter English word with 38 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Struck. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 38 senses
Definitions
- 1past tense
Struck.
- 2transitive verb
The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
- 3transitive verb
The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
- 4transitive verb
The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
- 5transitive verb
A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
- 6transitive verb
A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
- 7transitive verb
Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
- 8transitive verb
A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
- 9transitive verb
A throb or beat, as of the heart.
- 10transitive verb
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
- 11transitive verb
The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
- 12transitive verb
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
- 13transitive verb
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
- 14transitive verb
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
- 15transitive verb
The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
- 16transitive verb
Power; influence.
- 17transitive verb
Appetite.
- 18transitive verb
To strike.
- 19transitive verb
To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
- 20transitive verb
To make smooth by rubbing.
- 21transitive verb
To give a finely fluted surface to.
- 22transitive verb
To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
- 23noun
a light touch with the hands
Synonyms
- 24noun
a single complete movement
- 25noun
(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"
Synonyms
- 26noun
any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- 27noun
a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
"she applied the paint in careful strokes"
- 28noun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
- 29noun
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"
- 30noun
the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
Synonyms
- 31noun
a light touch
- 32noun
the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- 33noun
(golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
"Nicklaus won by three strokes"
- 34noun
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
Synonyms
- 35verb
treat gingerly or carefully
"You have to stroke the boss"
- 36verb
strike a ball with a smooth blow
- 37verb
row at a particular rate
- 38verb
touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
"He stroked his long beard"
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