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Uncommonstrokes
The correct spelling is strokes.
How to pronounce strokes
/stɹəʊks/
nounIPA: /stɹəʊks/
Say it like: Str-oke-s
The correct spelling is strokes. An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface). For example: "She gave the cat a stroke."
Usage Examples
“She gave the cat a stroke.”
“a stroke on the chin”
“the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
- 2.A blow or hit.
- 3.A single movement with a tool.
- 4.One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- 5.A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
verb
- 1.To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
- 2.To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
- 3.To give a finely fluted surface to.
- 4.To row the stroke oar of.
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