Stroke
Meanings and phrases
stroke
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; shot
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam; throw; cam stroke
- a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain; apoplexy; cerebrovascular accident; CVA
- a light touch
- a light touch with the hands; stroking
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; accident; fortuity; chance event
- a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information; solidus; slash; virgule; diagonal; separatrix
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
- the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
- any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- a single complete movement
stroke
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
- strike a ball with a smooth blow
- row at a particular rate
- treat gingerly or carefully
n.
- a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke; backhand; backhand shot
n.
- a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down; butterfly
n.
- the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam; throw; stroke
n.
- (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash); forehand; forehand shot
n.
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it; golf shot; swing
n.
- stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain; hemorrhagic stroke
n.
- stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain; haemorrhagic stroke
n.
- the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel); ischemic stroke
n.
- the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel); ischaemic stroke
n.
- golf scoring by total strokes taken; medal play
- The event is a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players.
- Girls' Junior and was the medalist in the stroke play portion of the U.S. Women's Amateur.
- 4 rounds of 18 holes) individual stroke play tournaments under the official rules of golf.
n.
- a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward
E.g.
- On 10 December 1896, he suffered a stroke and died.
- In early 1999, he suffered a stroke and hemiplegia.
- He suffered a stroke on 18 April 1869 in Chester.
E.g.
- It is a square engine, with bore and stroke of .
- Cylinder bore and stroke was with a five bearing crank.
- In this form it had a bore and stroke of .
E.g.
- Oliver Bosbyshell died on August 1, 1921, after suffering a stroke.
- After suffering a stroke in 1863, he died at home in Cambridge in 1869.
- He died on February 8, 2018 in Portland, Oregon after suffering a stroke.
E.g.
- She died of pneumonia following a stroke in 1966.
- He died following a stroke and subsequent pneumonia.
- He resigned in June 2014 following a stroke.
E.g.
- She died in 1920 as a result of a heat stroke.
- At age 52, he died in Washington, D.C. of heat stroke.
- Many people suffered from heat stroke and heat exhaustion, particularly the elderly.