Definition of stroke

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Stroke (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..

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Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
Touch :: Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Whop :: Whop (n.) A blow, or quick, smart stroke..
Coup :: Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
Coy :: Coy (v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.
Lick :: Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top..
Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Sunup :: Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers..
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To make a stroke with a whip.
Lash :: Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Ding :: Ding (n.) A thump or stroke, especially of a bell..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..
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