Meaning

38 senses

  1. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.

    a stroke on the chin

    (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club

  2. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.

    An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.

    Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.

    Streich

    уда́рudár

    (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

  3. A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.

    a single complete movement

  4. The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.

    on the stroke of midnight

    Schlag

    уда́рudár, бой часо́вboj časóv

  5. An act of hitting or trying to hit a ball; also, the manner in which this is done.

    The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.

    уда́рudár

  6. A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.

    Schlag

    уда́рudár

  7. A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.

  8. The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.

    Schlag

    уда́рudár

  9. A movement similar to that of hitting.

    One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

    the stroke of a bird’s wing in flying

  10. One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

    The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.

    Schlag, Strich

    гребо́кgrebók, мазо́кmazók

  11. (broadly)The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

    Schlagmann

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

  12. A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.

    butterfly stroke

    Schlag, Zug

Examples

192 sentences

  1. I had a stroke last year.

    У мене був інсульт минулого року.

    ruУ меня был инсульт в прошлом году.

    deLetztes Jahr hatte ich einen Schlaganfall.

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  2. Tom had a stroke.

    У Тома був інсульт.

    ruС Томом случился удар.

    deTom hatte einen Schlaganfall.

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  3. I've had a stroke.

    У мене був інсульт.

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  4. I just had a stroke.

    У мене щойно був інсульт.

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  5. Tom must be having a stroke.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
act of hitting — see also blow, hit:
line or mark made on a surface by an implement for drawing, writing, etc.:
Русский
By meaning 7
act of hitting — see also blow, hit:
line or mark made on a surface by an implement for drawing, writing, etc.:
time when a strike of a clock occurs:
movement of an oar or paddle through water; manner in which such movements are made:
streak made with a brush:
loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted:
act of moving one’s hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly — see also caress:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
act of hitting — see also blow, hit:
line or mark made on a surface by an implement for drawing, writing, etc.:
act of striking with a weapon — see also blow:
rower who is nearest to the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers; position in the boat occupied by this rower:
single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; length of this movement:
loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Ol

The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”).

The verb is derived from Middle English stroken, straken (“to caress, fondle, pat, rub, smooth, stroke; to pass something over (someone or something); to brush or rub against;”) [and other forms], from Old English strācian (“to stroke”), from Proto-West Germanic *straikōn (“to caress, stroke”), from *straik (“a line, stroke; a dash”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōn (suffix forming verbs from nouns).

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Forms

plural: strokes
Singularstroke
Pluralstrokes

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

81 related words
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See also

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