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stroke

noun as in a blow, a striking

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in accomplishment

noun as in seizure

Strongest matches

verb as in pat lengthwise

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With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.

This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.

And finally, when you ask for your car, your dress, whatever it is you want, stroke his hand.

In a stroke, and if his words are genuine, Tim Cook has just become Gay Superman.

In a stroke of genius, he enlisted Bundy to vouch for him on tape.

I hope the French Government will recognize this dashing stroke of d'Amade's by something more solid than a thank you.

She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.

Her pulse was beneath his fingers, and with every stroke of it he felt more keenly the mystery and cruelty of life.

They were afraid that it was too small; they then put another of 14 inches by the side of the first, the same stroke.

At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.

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On this page you'll find 153 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stroke, such as: blow, hit, move, and movement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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