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Noun An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface). A blow or hit. A single movement with a tool. (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club. (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact. (rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull. (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot. A thrust of a piston. An act of striking with a weapon One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished. A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort. A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly: (chiefly Britain) (Britain, typography) The slash, /. (Unicode, typography) The formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in A̶ and A̵). (linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character. A streak made with a brush. The time when a clock strikes. (swimming) A style, a single movement within a style. (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted. (obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity. (rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided. (rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat. (professional wrestling) Backstage influence. (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent. (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning. (obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness. An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch. A throb or beat, as of the heart. (obsolete) Power; influence. (obsolete) appetite Verb (transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction. (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion. (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to. (transitive) To row the stroke oar of. Find more words! 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