1. (

• 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. (

• throw ,
• stroke ,
• cam_stroke

) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam ;

3. (

• 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. (

• stroke ,

) a light touch ;

5. (

• stroke ,
• stroking

) a light touch with the hands ;

6. (

• stroke

) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes" ;

7. (

• stroke

) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew ;

8. (

• 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. (

• solidus ,
• slash ,
• virgule ,
• diagonal ,
• stroke ,
• separatrix

) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information ;

10. (

• stroke ,

) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes" ;

11. (

• stroke ,

) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing ;

12. (

• stroke ,

) a single complete movement ;

1. (

• stroke

) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard" ;

2. (

• stroke

) strike a ball with a smooth blow ;

3. (

• stroke ,

) row at a particular rate ;

4. (

• stroke

) treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss" ;