stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹəʊk/
enpr: strōk
ipa: /stɹoʊk/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /stɹʌok/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /stɾʌok/
rhymes: -əʊk
Forms: form: strokes
form: stroak
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”).
Sense 3.6.2.2 (“the oblique, slash, or virgule (‘/’)”) is a contraction of oblique stroke, a variant of oblique which was originally used in telegraphy.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* German Streich (“stroke”)
* Middle Low German strēk (“stroke, trick, prank”)
* Scots strak, strake, straik (“blow, stroke”)
Senses: examples: text: a stroke on the chin
text: Hee paſſed the vvhole length of Italie vvithout reſiſtance, […] He likevviſe entred and vvonne (in effect) the vvhole Kingdome of Naples it ſelfe, vvithout ſtriking ſtroke.
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC, page 142:
text: But becauſe amongſt many ſtroaks, vvhich our eyes, eares, and other organs receive from external bodies, the predominant onely is ſenſible; therefore the light of the Sun being predominant, vve are not affected vvith the action of the ſtarrs.
ref: 1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Imagination”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, 1st part (Of Man), page 5:
text: [A]fter the impulſive force, vvhich drove them upvvard, grevv languid, nor vvas there any other ſtroak, vvhich might toſſe them that vvay, the Atoms themſelves, endeavouring to go dovvn again, met vvith obſacles from others, vvhereupon they flevv about vvith greater activity, […]
ref: 1659–1660, Thomas Stanley, “[Epicurus: The Second Part of Philosophy.] Chap[ter] IV. Of the Generation of the World.”, in The History of Philosophy, the Third and Last Volume, […], volume III, London: […] Humphrey Moseley, and Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC, 5th part (Containing the Epicurean Sect), section II (Of the World), page 171:
text: With many a wanton stroke / Her feet disperse the powd'ry snow / That rises up like smoke.
ref: 1799 (date written), W[illiam] Wordsworth, “Lucy Gray”, in Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Co., […], published 1800, →OCLC, page 65:
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
examples: text: Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.
text: Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 265:
text: No Perſon vvas puniſhed by Bonds, Strokes, or Death, vvithout the Judgment and Sentence of the Druids: […]
ref: 1695, William Temple, An Introduction to the History of England, London: […] Richard Simpson […], and Ralph Simpson […], →OCLC, page 13:
text: Side by side they fought (the Lucies / Were a line for valour fam'd) / And where'er their strokes alighted / There the Saracens were tam'd.
ref: 1806, William Wordsworth, “The Horn of Egremont Castle”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], published 1807, →OCLC, page 40:
text: When this idea intruded on the train of romantic visions which agitated him, it was like the sharp stroke of the harpoon, which awakens the whale from torpidity into violent action.
ref: 1829 May 2, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Company] for Cadell and Co., […]; London: Simpkin and Marshall, […], →OCLC, page 226:
text: The men who held the ropes were French soldiers, and by broken Italian phrases and strokes from the knotted end of a rope, they from time to time stimulated their prisoners to beg.
ref: 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Prisoners”, in Romola. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book II, page 21:
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
examples: text: [W]hen a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor, to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a ſtroke with the axe to cut downe the tree, and the head ſlippeth from the helue, and lighteth vpon his neighbour that he die, he ſhall flee vnto one of thoſe cities, and liue: […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 19:5, column 2:
text: VVith lifted Arms they order ev'ry Blovv, / And chime their ſounding Hammers in a Rovv; / VVith ſtrokes of Anvils Ætna groans belovv.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 129, lines 253–255:
text: But now no stroke of woodman / Is heard by Auser's rill; […]
ref: 1834–1838 (date written), Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Horatius”, in Lays of Ancient Rome, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 7, page 49:
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
examples: text: on the stroke of midnight
text: Expect the second [ghost] on the next night at the same hour. The third upon the next night when the last stroke of twelve has ceased to vibrate. Look to see me no more; and look that, for your own sake, you remember what has passed between us!
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 35:
text: Already guarding a 1–0 lead from the first leg, Blackpool inched further ahead when Stephen Dobbie scored from an acute angle on the stroke of half-time. The game appeared to be completely beyond Birmingham's reach three minutes into the second period when Matt Phillips reacted quickly to bundle the ball past Colin Doyle and off a post.
ref: 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2–3 on agg[regate]): match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021:
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.
The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
topics: ball-games
games
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.
A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
squash
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.
A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
synonyms: beat
glosses: An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.
The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
examples: text: the stroke of a bird’s wing in flying
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
examples: text: butterfly stroke
text: Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 165–166:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.
examples: text: [I]n true marriage lies / Nor equal, nor unequal: each fulfils / Defect in each, and always thought in thought, / Purpose in purpose, will in will, they grow, / The single pure and perfect animal, / The two-cell'd heart beating, with one full stroke / Life.
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part VI”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 157:
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.
synonyms: pulsation
examples: text: For the pistons of a four-stroke engine, the exhaust stroke follows the power stroke.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: A movement similar to that of hitting.
A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod); the length of this movement.
A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
examples: text: the stroke of death
text: The stroke of God, Aduersyte I hyght; / I pluke downe kynge, prynce, lorde, and knyght, / I rushe at them rughly, and make them ly full lowe, / And in theyr moste truste i make them ouerthrowe.
ref: a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Magnyfycence, a Goodly Interlude and a Mery, […]”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical Works of John Skelton: […], volume I, London: Thomas Rodd, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 287, lines 1908–1911:
text: Sheele make you ſhrinke as I did, vvith a ſtroke / But of her eye Tigranes.
ref: 1612 January 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, Iohn Fletcher, A King and No King. […], London: […] [John Beale] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1619, →OCLC, Act I, page 4:
text: So judg'd he Man, both Judge and Saviour ſent, / And th' inſtant ſtroke of Death denounc'd that day / Remov'd farr off; […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 470–471:
text: [H]ovv the royal Bard did groaning lye, / Beneath the ſtroke of Heaven's avenging ire; […]
ref: 1785–1786 (date written; published 1786), Robert Burns, “The Cotter’s Saturday Night”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd edition, volume II, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793, →OCLC, stanza XIV, page 12:
text: The Professor, treating the murderous assault upon him by Juan Manuel Harispe very lightly, and regarding it simply as a significant point d'arrêt to his gallantries towards Manuelita, not to be passed over in its portents any more than the first stroke of disease which attacks thrice before it kills, limited his arrangement of precautionary measures to giving Señor Harispe, his niece, and his establishment a very wide berth; […]
ref: 1860, George Augustus Sala, “Philip Leslie”, in The Baddington Peerage: Who Won, and Who Wore It. A Story of the Best and the Worst Society. […], volume I, London: Charles J. Skeet, […], →OCLC, page 306:
glosses: An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
examples: text: The Abp. [Archbishop] of York [John Dolben] now died of yᵉ small pox, aged 62, a corpulent man. […] I looke on this as a greate stroke to yᵉ poore Church of England, now in this defecting period.
ref: 1686 April 25 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 15 April 1686]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 626:
text: T'encreaſe this load, ſome ſycophant-report / Deſtroy'd his int'reſt and good grace at court. / At this one ſtroke the man look'd dead in lavv: / His flatt'rers ſcamper, and his friends vvithdravv.
ref: 1767, [Walter Harte], “Eulogius: Or, The Charitable Mason”, in The Amaranth: Or, Religious Poems; […], London: […] Mess. Robinson and Roberts, […]; and W. Frederick, […], →OCLC, page 200:
text: Tom's whole soul was filled with thoughts of eternity; and while he ministered around the lifeless clay, he did not once think that the sudden stroke had left him in hopeless slavery.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Unprotected”, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 145:
glosses: A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
examples: text: a stroke of business
text: ["]But I'm gwine, Mas'r George,—gwine to have four dollars a week; and Missis is gwine to lay it all up, to buy back my old man agin!" / "Whew!" said George, "here's a stroke of business, to be sure! How are you going [to Louisville]?"
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Kentuck”, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 59:
glosses: An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
examples: text: a stroke of genius
glosses: A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
examples: text: Among other branches of ſcience, if one can call it ſo, Mr. [John] Evelyn ſtudied Phyſiognomy, and found diſſimulation, boldneſs, cruelty and ambition in every touch and ſtroke of [Isaac] Fuller's picture of Oliver Cromvvell's face, vvhich he ſays, vvas the moſt reſembling portrait of the Protector.
ref: 1762, Horace Walpole, “Painters and Other Artists in the Reign of James I”, in Anecdotes of Painting in England; […], volume II, London: […] Thomas Farmer […], →OCLC, footnote †, page 38:
glosses: A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
topics: arts
calligraphy
communications
human-sciences
journalism
linguistics
literature
media
publishing
sciences
typography
writing
glosses: A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
A line making up a written character.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
In Unicode: the formal name of the individual horizontal strikethroughs (as in "A̶").
examples: text: Subject: Fire. Dear Sir-stroke-Madam: I am writing to inform you of a fire which has broken out at the premises of … No. That's too formal.
ref: 2006 February 3, Graham Linehan, “Calamity Jen”, in The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 2:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
The oblique, slash, or virgule ("/").
examples: text: to give some finishing strokes to an essay
glosses: A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
examples: text: [W]here ſoeuer poſſeſſyons be pryuate, where moneye beareth all the ſtroke, it is hard and almoſte impoſſyble that there the weale publyque maye iuſtelye be gouerned and proſperouſlye floryſhe: […]
ref: 1551, Thomas More, “The Fyrste Boke of the Communycacion of Raphaell Hythlodaye Concernynge the Best State of a Commen Wealthe”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
text: Theſame Alexander, be auiſed and coũſailed, that he ſhould winne and make frendes vnto him, all ſuche perſones both honeſt and vnhoneſt, good and badde, as beare any rule, ſtroke or autoritte, in the commen weale, and that the good men he ſhould vſe, and the euil perſones he ſhould abuſe, that is to ſaie, applie to ſome good vſe, that of theimſelfes they are not apte nor inclined vnto.
ref: 1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Philippus Kyng of Macedonie”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book II, folio 122, recto, paragraph 16:
text: For I find by Experience he has a great Stroke vvith the Reader, vvhen he condemns any of my Poems to make the VVorld have a better Opinion of them.
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: Just somebody with a low lottery number, not enough stroke to get in the National Guard, and a distaste for tropical climates.
ref: 1993, Dana Stabenow, chapter 5, in A Fatal Thaw (A Kate Shugak Mystery), Hampton Falls, N.H.: Beeler Large Print, Thomas T. Beeler, published 2002, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Influence; power.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: Influence; power.
Backstage influence.
examples: text: To enable any other piece to effect the decisive stroke, a greater number of facilities, arising either from the coöperation of partisans, or the obstruction of the adverse king by his own pieces, must conspire in proportion to the assailant's class.
ref: 1817, François-André Danican Philidor (translated), Studies of Chess, Samuel Bagster, page 106:
text: Black gives the opponent and opportunity for a beautiful combination stroke. But his game was anyhow very bad already, for in answer to QR—R sq., which was about his only other alternative, White would have replied Kt—R5 with an irresistible attack.
ref: 1889, Wilhelm Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor, G. P. Putnam's sons, page 29:
synonyms: masterstroke
qualifier: turn-based games
glosses: A masterful or effective action.
examples: text: suffer a stroke
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: cerebrovascular accident
CVA
glosses: A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
examples: text: A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.
topics: sciences
glosses: An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
examples: text: Being gay and in prison is a very lonely experience. I would like to get some gay contacts on the outside that could give me some positive strokes.
ref: 1980 April 5, Charles E. Skinner, “Personal Advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
examples: text: Moreover the light of the Moone ſhalbe as the light of the Sunne, and the light of the Sunne ſhall be ſeuenfold, as the light of ſeuen dayes, in the day that the Lord bindeth vp the breach of his people, and healeth the ſtroke of their wound.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:26, column 2:
glosses: The effect or result of a striking; affliction or injury; a bruise or wound; soreness.
examples: text: [N]either can any man be entertain'd as a Soldier, that has not a greater ſtroke than ordinary at eating: for by this they judge of his ſtrength and conſtitution.
ref: 1699, William Dampier, “Of the Government of Tonquin. […]”, in Voyages and Descriptions. Vol. II. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, part I (His Voyage from Achin in Sumatra, to Tonquin, […]), page 71:
text: Lady Answ[erall]. God bleſs you, Colonel; you have a good Stroke vvith you. / Col[onel Atwit]. O Madam; formerly I could eat all, but novv I leave nothing; I eat but one Meal a Day.
ref: 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue II”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 150:
text: Rooks are said to be fattest when food is scarcest, as they "owereat thorsels" when they have too much food. The same is said of lean children who have a good stroke (appetite).
ref: 1893–1894, Oliver Heslop, “OWEREAT”, in Northumberland Words: A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Northumberland and on the Tyneside, volume II, London: For the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, […], →OCLC, page 518:
text: It distressed him, Joe said, to see them feeding like animals, without delicacy. Joe had a good stroke himself, but naturally not as good an appetite as he would have if he was doing anything.
ref: a. 1968 (date written), Walter Macken, “The Dreamer”, in The Grass of the People, Dingle, Co. Kerry: Brandon, published 1998, →ISBN, page 212:
text: It was said of him that he had a good stroke which simply meant in the everyday idiom of the place that he was possessed of a healthy appetite.
ref: 1995, John B[rendan] Keane, “Something Drastic”, in The Voice of an Angel and Other Christmas Stories, Dublin: Mercier Press, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: Chiefly in to have a good stroke: appetite.
examples: text: a stroke of apoplexy
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sudden attack of any illness, especially if causing loss of consciousness or movement, or when fatal.
examples: text: Or can he desire a nobler or a fuller Argument either for the softest Aires or the loudest Echoes, for the smoothest or briskest strokes of his Pindaric Lyre?
ref: 1667 March 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Epistolary Correspondence.] To Abraham Cowley, Esq.”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, part I, page 175:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.
Derived terms: after-stroke
at a single stroke
at a stroke
at one stroke
backstroke
bloodstroke
bow stroke
breaststroke
broad strokes
brushstroke
butterfly stroke
buttstroke
by-stroke
counterstroke
crossstroke
dead-stroke
dead stroke
dead-stroke hammer
different strokes for different folks
downstroke
down to the short strokes
exhaust stroke
forward stroke
four-stroke
four-stroke engine
frontstroke
full stroke seek time
government stroke
grace stroke
groundstroke
ground-stroke
hair stroke
handstroke
handystroke
heatstroke
heat stroke
hemorrhagic stroke
in one stroke
instroke
J stroke
J-stroke
keystroke
lightning stroke
masterstroke
master stroke
mini-stroke
ministroke
mini stroke
multistroke
oblique stroke
on the stroke of
outstroke
pedal stroke
penalty stroke
power stroke
rest stroke
return stroke
shame-stroke
Sheffer stroke
short strokes
sidestroke
spot stroke
strike a stroke
Stroke Alley
Stroke Belt
Stroke City
stroke hole
stroke oar
stroke of business
stroke of fortune
stroke of genius
stroke of luck
stroke of work
stroke order
stroke play
strokesman
strokeswoman
stroke volume
sunstroke
the stroke that broke the camel's back
thunderstroke
Trudgen stroke
trudgen stroke
two-stroke
two-stroke engine
umstroke
understroke
upstroke