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stroke | any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | |
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stroke, stroking | a light touch with the hands | |
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stroke | treat gingerly or carefully | |
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shot, stroke | [in sport] the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | |
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stroke | the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew | |
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stroke | strike a ball with a smooth blow | |
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stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | |
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stroke, throw, cam stroke | the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | |
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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 | |
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accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | |
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stroke | a light touch | |
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stroke | row at a particular rate | |
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stroke | a single complete movement | |
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stroke | [in golf] the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club | |
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stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush | |
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stroke, slash, solidus, virgule, diagonal, separatrix | a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |