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stroke [strokes] ((cricket) action of hitting the ball with the bat, see also: shot) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | giocatanoun |
stroke [strokes] ((tennis) hitting of a ball with a racket; movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | battutanoun |
stroke [strokes] (act of hitting, see also: blow; hit) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | colponoun |
stroke [strokes] (act of moving one’s hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly, see also: caress) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | carezzanoun |
stroke [strokes] (line or mark made on a surface by an implement for drawing, writing, etc.) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | trattonoun |
stroke [strokes] (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | accidente cerebrovascolarenoun ictusnounI had a stroke. = Ebbi un ictus. |
stroke [strokes] (movement of an oar or paddle through water; manner in which such movements are made) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | colpo di remonoun palatanoun voganoun vogatanoun |
stroke [strokes] (rower who is nearest to the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers; position in the boat occupied by this rower) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | capovoganoun |
stroke [strokes] (single movement or thrust of a part (such as a piston) of a machine that moves back and forth; length of this movement) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | corsanoun temponoun |
stroke [strokes] (specific combination of movements of the arms and legs which, when repeated, causes the swimmer to advance through the water; manner in which such movements are made) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | bracciatanoun |
stroke [strokes] (streak made with a brush) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | pennellatanoun |
stroke [strokes] (time when a strike of a clock occurs) noun [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | rintocconoun |
stroke [stroked, stroking, strokes] (to move one’s hand or an object along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly) verb [UK: strəʊk] [US: stroʊk] | accarezzareverbShe stroked my hair. = Mi accarezzò i capelli. |
stroke of genius (sudden mental insight that solves a problem) noun [UK: strəʊk əv ˈdʒiː.nɪəs] [US: stroʊk əv ˈdʒiː.njəs] | colpo di genionoun lampo di genionoun |
brushstroke (stroke of a brush) noun [UK: brˈʌʃstrəʊk] [US: brˈʌʃstroʊk] | pennellatanoun |
butterfly stroke (swimming stroke) noun [UK: ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ strəʊk] [US: ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪ stroʊk] | farfallanoun |
four-stroke engine noun [UK: fɔː(r) strəʊk ˈen.dʒɪn] [US: ˈfɔːr stroʊk ˈen.dʒən] | motore a quattro tempinoun |
keystroke [keystrokes] (act of pressing a key) noun [UK: ˈkiː.strəʊk] [US: ˈkiːstroʊk] | battutanoun |
on the stroke of (precisely at a particular time) preposition | al rintocco dipreposition |
pedal stroke (a push on the pedals) noun | pedalatanoun |
sunstroke [sunstrokes] (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays) noun [UK: ˈsʌn.strəʊk] [US: ˈsʌnstroʊk] | insolazionenoun |