The Meaning of stroke

• (imp.) Struck.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
• (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
• (v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
• (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
• (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
• (v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
• (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) Power; influence.
• (v. t.) Appetite.
• (v. t.) To strike.
• (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
• (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.
• (v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.
• (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.

Synonyms

shot , throw , cam stroke , apoplexy , cerebrovascular accident , CVA , stroking , accident , fortuity , chance event , solidus , slash , virgule , diagonal , separatrix

Rhymes

artichoke , awoke , backstroke , baroque , bloke , boak , boake , boeck , boeke , bouck , broke , choke , cloak , cloke , coke , countryfolk , croak , croke , doak , doke , droke , evoke , folk , goecke , goeke , gohlke , hoek , hoke , holyoke , invoke , joke , keystroke , knoke , koch , koke , kolk , larocque , laroque , misspoke , moacq , moak , moke , noack , oak , poke , polk , provoke , revoke , roanoke , roque , schmoke , schoeck , schroeck , scoke , sloke , slowpoke , smoak , smoke , snoke , soak , spoke , stoke , szoke , townsfolk , windhoek , woke , wolk , wouk , yoak , yoke , yolk