stroke
/stɹoʊk/ noun B2- An act of hitting; a blow, a hit. · a stroke on the chin
- An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
- 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
- The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
- 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.
- A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
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Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A Boar rushed upon him, and avenged with a stroke of his tusks a long-remembered injury.
No sooner had the man fitted a new handle to his axe from it, than he began to use it and quickly felled with his strokes the noblest giants of the forest.
He resolved to cut it down, and taking his axe in his hand, made a bold stroke at its roots.
Rikki-tikki was bounding all round Nagaina, keeping just out of reach of her stroke, his little eyes like hot coals.
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