| TROKE | • troke v. Alternative form of troak. • troke n. Alternative form of troak. • TROKE v. (Scots) to barter, also TROAK, TROCK. |
| STROKE | • stroke n. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. • stroke n. A movement similar to that of hitting. • stroke n. (Figuratively). |
| INSTROKE | • instroke n. An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving… • INSTROKE n. the upstroke of a piston. |
| UPSTROKE | • upstroke n. The upward stroke of a pen, brush, piston, etc. • UPSTROKE n. an upward stroke. |
| KEYSTROKE | • keystroke n. The act of pressing an input key; a keypress on a computer keyboard or a typewriter, or a similar input device. • keystroke v. To enter (Data etc.) by pressing keys on a keyboard. • KEYSTROKE n. a single operation of a key on a typewriter or other machine using keys. |
| OUTSTROKE | • outstroke n. An outward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is… • OUTSTROKE n. an outward stroke. |
| SUNSTROKE | • sunstroke n. (Pathology) Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun’s rays. • SUNSTROKE n. a medical condition of general collapse caused by prolonged exposure to intense sunlight. |
| TWOSTROKE | • two-stroke adj. (Mechanical) Of or relating to a design of internal combustion engine, the working cycle of which is… • two-stroke n. A two-stroke engine. • two-stroke n. A vehicle or machine powered by a two-stroke engine. |
| BACKSTROKE | • backstroke n. A backhanded stroke or blow. • backstroke n. (Swimming) A stroke swum lying on one’s back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel… • backstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke). |
| DEADSTROKE | • dead-stroke adj. Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. • DEADSTROKE adj. without recoil. |
| DOWNSTROKE | • downstroke n. A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes. • DOWNSTROKE n. a stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil. |
| HANDSTROKE | • handstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the sally that swings the bell through a full circle. • HANDSTROKE n. the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it. |
| HEATSTROKE | • heatstroke n. Alternative spelling of heat stroke. • heat␣stroke n. (Medicine, countable or uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its… • HEATSTROKE n. a condition marked esp. by cessation of sweating, extremely high body temperature, and collapse that results from prolonged exposure to high temperature. |
| MINISTROKE | • ministroke n. (Colloquial) A transient ischemic attack. • mini-stroke n. (Colloquial) transient ischemic attack. • mini␣stroke n. (Colloquial) A transient ischemic attack. |
| SIDESTROKE | • sidestroke n. A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer’s side. • SIDESTROKE n. a swimming stroke which is executed on the side and in which the arms are swept in separate strokes towards the feet and downward and the legs do a scissors kick. |
| BRUSHSTROKE | • brushstroke n. The stroke of a brush, as in painting. • BRUSHSTROKE n. a stroke with a brush. |
| BREASTSTROKE | • breaststroke n. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back… • breaststroke v. To swim using this stroke. • BREASTSTROKE n. a swimming-stroke performed breast-down, with circling movements of the arms and a froglike movement of the legs. |
| MASTERSTROKE | • masterstroke n. An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry. • master␣stroke n. Alternative form of masterstroke. • MASTERSTROKE n. a masterly performance or move. |
| COUNTERSTROKE | • counterstroke n. A blow given in return. • counterstroke n. A retaliation. • COUNTERSTROKE n. a stroke in return. |
| THUNDERSTROKE | • thunderstroke n. Thunderbolt. • THUNDERSTROKE n. a stroke of or as if of lightning with the attendant thunder. |