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stroke

/stɹoʊk/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. verb

    touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

    He stroked his long beard

  2. noun

    (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

  3. noun

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

  4. noun

    a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

  5. noun

    a light touch

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