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(noun) a light touch with the hands |
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Synonyms: stroking |
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Related Words: caress, feeling |
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(noun) a single complete movement |
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Related Words: beat, blow, bow, motion, move, movement |
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(noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
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Synonyms: shot |
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Related Words: baseball swing, break, cannon, carom, cut, golf shot, golf stroke, maneuver, manoeuvre, masse, masse shot, miscue, play, swing, swipe, tennis shot, tennis stroke |
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(noun) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing |
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Related Words: locomotion, swimming stroke, travel |
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(verb) treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss" |
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Related Words: blandish, flatter |
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(verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow |
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Related Words: hit, strike |
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(verb) be or act as the stroke |
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Related Words: play |
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(verb) touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard" |
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Synonyms: fondle |
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Related Words: caress, lap, lick |
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(noun) a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing) |
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Related Words: downstroke, mark, underline, underscore, upstroke |
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(noun) a light touch |
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Related Words: touch, touching |
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(noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
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Synonyms: CVA, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident |
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Related Words: ictus, seizure |
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(noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam |
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Synonyms: cam stroke, throw |
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Related Words: instroke, motion, movement, outstroke |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
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Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule |
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Related Words: punctuation, punctuation mark |
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