- stroke, shot - (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 require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
--1 is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
--1 has parts: follow-through
--1 has particulars:break; carom, cannon; masse, masse shot; miscue; cut, undercut; swipe; tennis stroke, tennis shot; baseball swing, swing, cut; golf stroke, golf shot, swing Derived form: verb stroke2 - throw, stroke, cam stroke - the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
--2 is a kind of movement, motion
--2 has particulars: instroke; outstroke - stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA - a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
--3 is a kind of attack
--3 has parts: cerebral hemorrhage
--3 has particulars:ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke - stroke - a light touch
--4 is a kind of touch, touching
Derived form: verb stroke1 - stroke, stroking - a light touch with the hands
--5 is a kind of touch, touching
--5 has particulars: caressDerived form: verb stroke1 - stroke - the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
--6 is a kind of oarsman, rower
Derived form: verb stroke3 - solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
--7 is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark
- stroke - a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing)
--8 is a kind of mark, print
--8 has particulars: downstroke; upstroke; underscore, underline- stroke - any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
--9 is a kind of locomotion, travel
--9 has particulars: swimming stroke- stroke - a single complete movement
--10 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--10 has particulars: beat; bow; blow - stroke - any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
- stroke, fondle - touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"
--1 is one way to caress
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stroke5, noun stroke4, noun stroking1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- stroke - strike a ball with a smooth blow
--2 is one way to strike, hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stroke1
Somebody ----s something
- stroke - row at a particular rate
--3 is one way to row
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stroke6
Somebody ----s
- stroke - treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"
--4 is one way to flatter, blandish
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot stroke Sue