| 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. |
| KEYSTROKED | • keystroked v. Simple past tense and past participle of keystroke. • KEYSTROKE v. to type on a keyboard. |
| KEYSTROKES | • keystrokes n. Plural of keystroke. • KEYSTROKE v. to type on a keyboard. |
| MINISTROKE | • ministroke n. (Colloquial) A transient ischemic attack. • mini-stroke n. (Colloquial) transient ischemic attack. • mini␣stroke n. (Colloquial) A transient ischemic attack. |
| OUTSTROKES | • outstrokes n. Plural of outstroke. • OUTSTROKE n. an outward stroke. |
| 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. |
| STROKEPLAY | • strokeplay n. Alternative form of stroke play. • stroke␣play n. (Golf) A scoring system in which points are awarded based on the number of strokes used to sink the… • stroke␣play n. (Cricket) Batting, especially excellent batting. |
| SUNSTROKES | • sunstrokes n. Plural of sunstroke. • SUNSTROKE n. a medical condition of general collapse caused by prolonged exposure to intense sunlight. |