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strokesnounpl. of stroke a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumentall it took was one hard stroke to knock the ball out of the tree bangs, bashes, bats, beats, belts, biffs, blows, bops, boxes, buffets, busts, chops, claps, clips, clouts, cracks, cuffs, dabs, douses(British), fillips, hacks, haymakers, hits, hooks, knocks, larrups(dialect), lashes, licks, pelts, picks, plumps, pokes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slugs, smacks, smashes, socks, spanks, stingers, stripes, swats, swipes, switches, thuds, thumps, thwacks, wallops, welts, whacks, whams, whops(also whaps) counterblows(or counter-blows), counterpunches, counters, counterstrokes(or counter-strokes)body blows, hands, kicks, knees, lefts, one-twos, rabbit punches, right-handers, rights, roundhouses, shivers, sidewinders, sucker punches, swings, uppercutscrunchers, kayos, knockdowns, knockouts, KOsbastinadoes(or bastinades), batterings, beatings, drubbings, lickings, pastings, thrashingswallopings, whippings, whips strokesverbpresent tense third-person singular of stroketo touch or handle in a tender or loving mannerthe young mother gently stroked the sleeping child's brow and then leaned over and kissed him caresses, fondles, gentles, loves, pats, pets bills, canoodles, cuddles, necks, nestles, noses, nuzzles, snuggles, spoonsfeels up, pawscradles, embraces, enfolds, hugsbounces, dandleskneads, massagesbabies, coddles, indulges, mollycoddles, pampers, spoils to praise too mucha politician with a special gift for stroking fat-cat donors adulates, belauds, blarneys, butters up, flatters, hero-worships, honeys, massages, overpraises, puffs, soft-soaps blandishes, cajoles, coaxes, sweet-talks, wheedlesfawns, kowtows, sucks (up to), toadiesidolizes, worshipseulogizes, extols(also extolls), lauds, praisesapplauds, commends, complimentscongratulates, felicitatesdrools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, romances, woos bad-mouths, belittles, decries, depreciates, disparages, puts down |