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Meaning of stroke

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stroke
      n 1: (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"
           [syn: {stroke}, {shot}]
      2: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating
         piece by a cam [syn: {throw}, {stroke}, {cam stroke}]
      3: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or
         occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
         [syn: {stroke}, {apoplexy}, {cerebrovascular accident},
         {CVA}]
      4: a light touch
      5: a light touch with the hands [syn: {stroke}, {stroking}]
      6: (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the
         ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
      7: the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace
         for the rest of the crew
      8: 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" [syn: {accident}, {stroke}, {fortuity},
         {chance event}]
      9: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
         information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
         {stroke}, {separatrix}]
      10: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush;
          "she applied the paint in careful strokes"
      11: any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used
          for locomotion in swimming or rowing
      12: a single complete movement
      v 1: touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He
           stroked his long beard"
      2: strike a ball with a smooth blow
      3: row at a particular rate
      4: treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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