Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of stroke is as below...

Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..

Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..

Hit :: Hit (v. t.) To reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at)..

Sunup :: Sun-struck (a.) Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers..

Thud :: Thud (n.) A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth..

Stroke :: 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..

Squabash :: Squab (v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke..

Flip-flap :: Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose.

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke..

Insolation :: Insolation (n.) A sunstroke.

Ictus :: Ictus (n.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc..

Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..

Count-wheel :: Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

Ceriph :: Ceriph (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters..

Throw :: Throw (n.) A stroke; a blow.

Uncial :: Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart..

Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint..

Random Fonts

Most Popular