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(noun) stroking
a light touch with the hands
(noun) shot
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
it took two strokes to get out of the bunker; a good shot requires good balance and tempo; he left me an almost impossible shot
(noun) separatrix, slash, solidus, diagonal, virgule
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
(noun) accident, chance event, fortuity
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
winning the lottery was a happy accident; the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck; it was due to an accident or fortuity
(noun) throw, cam stroke
the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
(noun) cerebrovascular accident, CVA, apoplexy
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain