stroke
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
Noun 4 meanings
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
“a stroke on the chin”
A movement similar to that of hitting.
“the stroke of a bird’s wing in flying”
An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
“the stroke of death”
A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
Verb 4 meanings
To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
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”).
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STROKE at a glance
STROKE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + O 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,471 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with stroke
All rhymesOne letter away
- STRIKE10
- STRODE7
- STROBE8
- STROVE9
- STRAKE10
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