3. stroke a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell, or the sound produced by this.
4. stroke a throb or pulsation, as of the heart.
5. stroke a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, causing an inadequate oxygen supply and often long-term impairment of sensation, movement, or functioning of part of the body.
6. stroke a sudden, vigorous action or movement likened to a blow in its effect.
7. stroke a hitting of the ball in tennis, pool, etc.
8. stroke a single complete movement, esp. one continuously repeated in some process.
9. stroke a movement of a pen, pencil, brush, or the like.
10. stroke a mark made by such a movement.
11. stroke a distinctive or effective touch in a literary composition.
12. stroke a piece or portion of work.
13. stroke an attempt to attain some object: a bold stroke for liberty.
14. stroke a feat; achievement: a stroke of genius.
15. stroke a sudden or chance happening: a stroke of luck.
16. stroke a type or method of swimming: The crawl is a rapid stroke.
17. stroke any of the successive movements of the arms and legs in swimming.
19. stroke the manner or style of moving the oars.
20. stroke Also called stroke oar. the crew member nearest to the stern of the boat, to whose strokes those of the other crew members must conform.
21. stroke one of a series of alternating continuous movements of a mechanical component back and forth over or through the same line.
22. stroke the complete movement of a moving part, esp. a reciprocating part, in one direction.
23. (v.t.)stroke to mark with a stroke or strokes; cancel, as by a stroke of a pen.
24. stroke to row as a stroke oar of (a boat or crew).
25. stroke to set the stroke for the crew of (a boat).
26. stroke to hit (a ball), as with a smooth swing of a bat.
27. (v.t.)stroke to pass the hand or an instrument over gently, or with little pressure, as in soothing or caressing.
28. stroke to promote feelings of self-approval in, as by praise or flattery.
29. (n.)stroke an act or instance of stroking.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME (v.), OE strācian, c. MD, MLG strēken, OHG
Definition of 'Stroke'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)stroke, shot (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
2. (noun)throw, stroke, cam stroke the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
3. (noun)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
4. (noun)stroke a light touch
5. (noun)stroke, stroking a light touch with the hands
6. (noun)stroke (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
7. (noun)stroke the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
8. (noun)accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
9. (noun)solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
10. (noun)stroke a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush "she applied the paint in careful strokes"
11. (noun)stroke any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
12. (verb)stroke a single complete movement
13. (verb)stroke touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions "He stroked his long beard"
14. (verb)stroke strike a ball with a smooth blow
15. (verb)stroke row at a particular rate
16. (verb)stroke treat gingerly or carefully "You have to stroke the boss"
6. stroke a stroke of luck an unexpected positive event By a stroke of luck a policeman was standing right there.
7. stroke a stroke of genius a sudden intelligent solution to a problem the stroke of genius that let him win the chess match
8. (verb)stroke to pull your hand across sth gently Her mother stroked her hair.
Definition of 'Stroke'
Webster Dictionary
1. Stroke struck
2. (verb)Stroke the act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon
3. (verb)Stroke the result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness
4. (verb)Stroke the striking of the clock to tell the hour
5. (verb)Stroke a gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking
6. (verb)Stroke a mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke
7. (verb)Stroke hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay
8. (verb)Stroke a sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death
9. (verb)Stroke a throb or beat, as of the heart
10. (verb)Stroke one of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc
11. (verb)Stroke the rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke
12. (verb)Stroke the oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar
13. (verb)Stroke the rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman
14. (verb)Stroke a powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy
15. (verb)Stroke the movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke
16. (verb)Stroke power; influence
17. (verb)Stroke appetite
18. (verb)Stroke to strike
19. (verb)Stroke to rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe
20. (verb)Stroke to make smooth by rubbing
21. (verb)Stroke to give a finely fluted surface to
22. (verb)Stroke to row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat
Definitions of 'Stroke'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. Stroke Common name for the slant (‘/’, ASCII 0101111)
character. See ASCII for other synonyms.
Definition of 'Stroke'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. Stroke A group of pathological conditions characterized by sudden, non-convulsive loss of neurological function due to BRAIN ISCHEMIA or INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES. Stroke is classified by the type of tissue NECROSIS, such as the anatomic location, vasculature involved, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. non-hemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810)
Definitions of Stroke 
Afrikaans: slag
Arabic: ضَرْبَه، خَبْطَه
Bulgarian: удряне
Brazilian: golpe
Czech: úder; rána
German: der Schlag
Danish: slag
Greek: χτύπημα
Spanish: golpe
Estonian: löök
Farsi: ضربه
Finnish: isku
French: coup
Hebrew: מַכָּה
Hindi: प्रहार, आघात
Croatian: udarac
Hungarian: csapás
Indonesian: pukulan
Icelandic: högg
Italian: colpo
Japanese: －打ち
Korean: 타격
Lithuanian: smūgis
Latvian: vēziens; sitiens; cirtien
Malay: ayunan
Dutch: slag
Norwegian: slag, hogg
Polish: cios, uderzenie
Persian: ضربه
Pashto: ضربه
Portuguese: golpe
Romanian: lovitură
Russian: удар
Slovak: úder, rana
Slovenian: udarec
Serbian: udarac
Swedish: slag, hugg, rapp
Thai: การตี
Turkish: vuruş, darbe
Taiwanese: (一)打，擊，敲
Ukrainian: удар
Urdu: ضرب
Vietnamese: cú đánh, đòn, nhát
Chinese: （一）打，击，敲
