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strokingverbpresent participle of stroke to 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 caressing, fondling, gentling, loving, patting, petting billing, canoodling, cuddling, necking, nestling, nosing, nuzzling, snuggling, spooningfeeling up, pawingcradling, embracing, enfolding, huggingbouncing, dandlingkneading, massagingbabying, coddling, indulging, mollycoddling, pampering, spoiling to praise too mucha politician with a special gift for stroking fat-cat donors adulating, belauding, blarneying, buttering up, flattering, hero-worshipping(also hero-worshiping), honeying, massaging, overpraising, puffing, soft-soaping blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, sweet-talking, wheedlingfawning, kowtowing, sucking (up to), toadyingidolizing, worshipping(also worshiping)eulogizing, extolling, lauding, praisingapplauding, commending, complimentingcongratulating, felicitatingdrooling, gushing, slavering, slobberingendearing, ingratiatingcourting, romancing, wooing bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, depreciating, disparaging, putting down |