Definitions For Stroke

noun

  • A light touch with the hands
  • A single complete movement
  • (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
  • Any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
  • A mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
  • A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
  • Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
  • The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
  • A light touch
  • The oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
  • (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
  • A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

verb

  • Treat gingerly or carefully
  • Strike a ball with a smooth blow
  • Row at a particular rate
  • Touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
  • A serious illness caused when a blood vessel in your brain suddenly breaks or is blocked
  • An act of hitting a ball or the movement made to hit a ball during a game
  • An act of hitting the ball that is counted as part of a player's score

Is Stroke a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
10

The word Stroke is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Stroke in a Sentence

  • He had a stroke last winter.
  • She has a strong backhand stroke.
  • He is ahead by two strokes.

Synonyms for Stroke

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