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a light touch with the hands a single complete movement (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 require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing) a light touch the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss" strike a ball with a smooth blow row at a particular rate touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard" the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
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