Stroke

Definition: Stroke

Stroke

Noun

1. (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".

2. The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam.

3. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.

4. A light touch.

5. A light touch with the hands.

6. The oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew.

7. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.

8. A mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing).

9. Any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing.

10. : a single complete movement.

Verb

1. Touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard".

2. Strike a ball with a smooth blow.

3. Be or act as the stroke.

4. Treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stroke" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Stroke \Stroke\, noun. [Old English strok, strook, strak, from striken. See Strike, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913)

Computing

Health

Literature

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Public Administration

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Stroke

Action

Deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan).

Disease

Visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit.

Evil

Blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus; damage, loss; (deterioration).

Impulse

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Indication

Mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.

Pain

Noun: painfulness; Adjective: trouble, care; (pain); trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, load, curse; bitter pill, bitter draught; waters of bitterness.

Plan

Measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea.

Success

Trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit; (acquisition).

Crosswords: Stroke

Swedish (stroke).

You would die before your stroke fell. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Let's stroke together, like the Princeton crew (Chicago; writing credit: Maurine Dallas Watkins; Bob Fosse)

No, Mini-Me, we do not knaw on our kitty, we just stroke him and love him. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers and Michael McCullers.)

Don't you go in my room by mistake, cause if I pull back them covers and see you I might have a stroke and die. (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman)

And if you want to talk about your oath of office, I'm here to tell you face to face, President Lyman, that you violated that oath when you stripped this country of its muscles -- when you deliberately played upon the fear and fatigue of the people and told them they could remove that fear by the stroke of a pen. And then when this nation rejected you, lost faith in you, and began militantly to oppose you, you violated that oath by not resigning from office and turning the country over to someone who could represent the people of the United States! (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

Keep your contributions by your side and stroke me, stroke me (THE STROKE; performing artist: Billy Squier)

Ooooh Baby I Love Your Stroke (Rock the Boat; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Last stroke of the blade (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation)

So you betta be up on your down stroke, (Can't Hang; performing artist: Xscape)

Girl Stroke Boy (1971)

At the Stroke of Nine (1957)

A Hunger Stroke (1928)

On the Stroke of Twelve (1927)

Crawl Stroke Kid (1927)

Little Black Backpack * (performing artist: Stroke 9)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Stroke (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Management of Stroke: A Practical Guide for the Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of Acute Stroke, 2nd Edition (reference)

• Living With Grief: After Sudden Loss Suicide, Homicide, Accident, Heart Attack, Stroke (reference)

• Alzheimer'S, Stroke, and 29 Other Neurological Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Info for the Layperson on 31 Diseases or Disorders Affecting (Health refe (reference)

• The Cardiovascular Cure: How to Strengthen Your Self Defense Against Heart Attack and Stroke (reference)

• Home Care of Stroke Survivors: Activities of Daily Living for Left and Right Stroke Patients: Ringbound (Aspen Patient Education Video Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Heart And Stroke Facts (reference)

• National Stroke Association Membership (reference)

• Seminars In Cerebrovascular Diseases And Stroke (reference)

• Stroke (reference)

• Topics In Stroke Rehabilitation (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Stroke of Midnight (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Stroke (reference)

• Full Stroke Ep [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Intuos2 Stroke Pen for Intuos2 Tablets (reference)

• Wacom Intuos Stroke Pen With Pen Stand (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Bosch 1645K 24-Volt Reciprocating Saw Kit with Dual Stroke (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A cloud-to-ground lightning stroke originating from higher based cloud structure . Lightning stroke penetrates a low level cloud before reaching earth. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation : Should Anticoagulants or Aspirin be Used for Life? Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks? / National Institutes of Health. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Emergency treatment at home for a victim of a stroke. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P. Almasy..

National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke : Exploring the Brain, the Nervous System, and the Senses of Communication / Robert J. Demarest. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Frederick A. Cook, lying in hospital bed following a stroke, grasping the arm of Ralph Shainwald von Ahlefeldt who brought news of Cook's pardon by President Roosevelt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tourist house, Truro. Cape Verde Islander (Portuguese) who came to this country more than forty years ago as a fisherman, later took work on the railroad. After thirty years on the railroad he had a stroke, now makes most of his income from boarding touri. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Naomi Stroke, thirty-nine, mother of five children, employed as a trucker for the Pitcairn transfer, Pennsylvania Railroad, earns sixty-eight cents per hour. Her husband is a coal miner. She is trucking freight. Credit: Library of Congress.

The last stroke a story [of] Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the stroke of twelve the plausible American comedy drama : by Joseph Le Brandt. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate.

Jondrette marked each stroke with a nod of his head.

The stroke was playful but not so lightly given as the first one had been.

Upon the stroke of four.

He felt the stroke like an electric shock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Provides many resources on stroke. (references)

Symptoms of stroke appear suddenly. (references)

This is called a hemorrhagic stroke. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Demand for equipment to diagnose and treat cancers, heart diseases and stroke are expected to continue to have good market prospects. (references)

Saudi Arabia

King Fahd suffered a stroke in November 1995. Since 1997, Crown Prince Abdullah has taken on much of the day-to-day responsibilities of running the government. (references)

Japan

The LDP-Liberal coalition expanded to include the Komeito Party in October 1999. Prime Minister Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

Crown Prince Abdullah has played an increasing role in governance since King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. The Government has declared the Islamic holy book the Koran and the Sunna (tradition) of the Prophet Muhammad to be the country's Constitution. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "stroke": a finishing stroke ♦ a good stroke of business ♦ a paralytic stroke ♦ a stroke of apoplexy ♦ a stroke of fate ♦ a stroke of genius ♦ admission stroke ♦ an up stroke ♦ at a stroke ♦ back stroke ♦ backhand stroke ♦ be there on the stroke ♦ bold stroke ♦ breast stroke ♦ brush stroke ♦ butterfly stroke ♦ by a stroke of the pen ♦ cam stroke ♦ Crawl stroke ♦ cross stroke ♦ Death stroke ♦ do the breast stroke ♦ double stroke ♦ down stroke press ♦ forehand stroke ♦ fraction stroke ♦ golf stroke ♦ good stroke ♦ Grace stroke ♦ ground stroke ♦ haemorrhagic stroke ♦ Hair stroke ♦ heart stroke ♦ heat stroke ♦ Hemorrhagic stroke ♦ home stroke ♦ induction stroke ♦ ischaemic stroke ♦ Ischemic stroke ♦ key stroke ♦ leader stroke ♦ little stroke ♦ main stroke ♦ Master stroke ♦ oblique stroke ♦ on the stroke ♦ on the stroke of twelve ♦ outward stroke ♦ overarm stroke ♦ piston stroke ♦ pull the stroke oar ♦ return stroke ♦ reverse stroke ♦ single stroke bell ♦ split stroke ♦ spot stroke ♦ stroke a boat ♦ stroke oar ♦ stroke of bad luck ♦ stroke of fate ♦ stroke of genius ♦ stroke of lightning ♦ stroke of luck ♦ stroke of policy ♦ stroke of the bow ♦ stroke of the oars ♦ stroke of the pen ♦ stroke of time ♦ stroke of work ♦ stroke one's hair ♦ stroke output ♦ stroke play ♦ stroke smb. down ♦ stroke smb. up the wrong way ♦ stroke smb.'s hair the wrong way ♦ stroke the cat backwards ♦ stroke the wrong way ♦ Stroke Volume ♦ suction stroke ♦ swimming stroke ♦ tennis stroke ♦ To keep stroke ♦ tongue stroke ♦ Trudgen stroke ♦ what a stroke of luck! ♦ wing stroke. Additional references.

Beginning with "stroke": stroke-induced, stroke-maker, stroke-makers, stroke-my-arm-please, Stroke-play, stroke-players, stroke-playing, stroke-position, stroke-stiffened, Stroke-upon-trend.

Ending with "stroke": breast-stroke, counter-stroke, master-stroke, one-stroke, three-stroke, two-stroke.

Containing "stroke": Dead-stroke hammer, four-stroke engine, four-stroke internal-combustion engine, two-stroke engine.

Afrikaans

beroerte (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, fit, seizure, stroke of apoplexy), apopleksie (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, fit, seizure, stroke of apoplexy), aai (ah, caress, chuck, flatter, fondle, oh, ow). (various references)

Albanian

shkëndijë (spark), vozitje (oarage, paddle, row, rowing), rrahje (affray, beating, clap, fighting, flap, hiding, lacing, leathering, licking, mix in, Pat, percussion, pulse, quiver, scramble, throb, toweling), pash, përpjekje (attempt, crack, drive, effort, endeavor, endeavour, exertion, offer, patience, prolusion, pull, push, skirmish, try, venture, whack), përkëdhelje (caress, endearment, fondling, necking, Pat), përkëdhel (canoodle, caress, cosher, dandle, fondle, pamper, pet, play about, spoon feed), ledhatim (caress), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), gjuajtje (hit, kick, shoot, shooting). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, blow, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏شطب (blot, cancel, cancellation, cross, cross out, delete, deletion, score, scratch, scratching, slash, write off), ‏شوط (course, cycle, race, round), ‏إيقاع (cadence, cadency, harmony, lilt, percussion, rhythm), ‏الضربة عمل مفاجئ مذهل, ‏السكتة الدماغية, ‏جرة قلم, ‏جهد قوي, ‏خبطة, ‏داعب (dally, pet, slobber, tickle), ‏ضرب للكرة, ‏ملس (plume, roll, sleek, smooth, smoothie), ‏علم بخط قصير, ‏عمل فذ (feat), ‏سباحة (bathing, swim, swimming), ‏تجديف (oath, profanation, profanity, rowing), ‏تمسيد (massage, rub, rubbing), ‏حركة اليدين, ‏حركة نظامية متكررة, ‏نبض (beat, pant, pulsate, pulsatile, pulsation, pulse, throb), ‏مسد يمر يده على الشعر, ‏صوت الجرس عند قرعه. (various references)

Basque

kolpe (blow, hit, knock). (various references)

Bulgarian 

опашчица (small tail, tail), помилвам (amnesty, caress, fondle, pardon, reprieve), погалвам (caress, fondle, give smb. a pat), погалване, първи гребец, първи гребец на лодка съм, беда (adversity, bale, disaster, distress, hardship, infelicity, infliction, mischief, misfortune, plight, teen, trouble, woe), плясък (clap, crack, flap, plash, splash), нещастие (accident, adversity, affliction, buffet, desolation, distress, evil, fatality, hard luck, infelicity, misery, misfortune, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness), удряне (bash, beating, impact, knocking), гладя с ръка, тънка линия, тънка черта (hairline), щрих (hatch, touch), размах (amplitude, scope, spread, swish), удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), милвам (caress, fondle, nurse, pet). (various references)

Chinese 

筆�' (the tip of a writing brush, touch, vigor of style in writing), 捋 (strip), 冲程. (various references)

Czech

styl (genre, style, touch), strok, seknutí (chop, cut, hack, slash, sweep), sek (cut), rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, shot, slap, slash, sock, strike, swipe, whack, whang, wound), švihnutí (flick), úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, coup, dash, hit, percussion, push, rap, shock, swipe, thrust), úhoz (keystroke), lomítko, mrtvice (apoplexy, heart attack, palsy, paralysis), náraz (blast, bump, hit, impact, incidence, percussion, pull, rush), odpal, škrt (deletion), pohlazení (caress), zábìr (bite, grip, shot, take), tah (bender, draught, draw, drawing, feature, haul, heave, move, thrust), tempo (pace, rate, speed, tempo), udávat ostatním tempo, ukázka (exhibit, exhibition, illustration, pattern, specimen), pohladit (caress). (various references)

Danish

stryge (caress, chuck, fondle). (various references)

Dutch

aaien (caress, chuck, fondle). (various references)

Esperanto

suprenstreko (diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule), streko (streak), kareso (caress, chuck), karesi (caress, chuck, fondle), apopleksio (apoplectic fit, fit, seizure, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Faeroese

strika (draw, line, make a stroke, streak), ynda (caress, chuck, fondle), kela (caress, chuck, fondle), kína (caress, chuck, fondle). (various references)

Farsi 

نوازش کردن (Baby, Coax, Coddle, Cuddle, Pat, Pet), لمس کردن (Feel, Palpate, Take, Touch), لطمه (Brunt, Shock), حرکت (Behavior, Demeanour, Departure, Gesture, Locomotion, Motion, Move, Movement, Poke, Progress, Stir), تکان (Convulsion, Hustle, Jar, Jerk, Jolt, Jostle, Motion, Move, Movement, Rock, Shake, Shock, Tremor, Wag), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Whack), ضربه (Brunt, Hack, Hew, Hook, Impact, Lash, Pelt, Sock, Strike, Thud, Tit, Whop), ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), ضرب (Beat, Contusion, Movement), دست کشیدن روی . (various references)

Finnish

isku (blow, impact, knock, stab). (various references)

French

caresser, coup, caresse. (various references)

Frisian

streakje (caress, chuck, fondle), aaie (caress, chuck, fondle). (various references)

German

Strich (bow, dash, direction of growth, grain, line, nap, oblique, point, prostitution, red light district, slash, streak, stretch, touch), streicheln (caress, chuck, fondle, pet, to stroke), Schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, blow, bolt, buffet, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, coup, cuff, fit, helping, hit, kick, kind, knock, lash, Pat, pelt, percussion, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, stinger, strike, stripe, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, type, wallop), Hub (hoisting capacity, piston stroke, swing, throw, upstroke), Takt (bar, beat, clock, clock pulse, foot, gating, grace, measure, meter, musical time, phase, savoir faire, tact, tactfulness, time), Streich (blow, caper, coup, escapade, frolic, hoax, joke, prank, slash, sweep, trick), Stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, push, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), Schlaganfall (apoplexy), Hieb (beating, blow, chop, clip, crack, dig, gash, hack, hiding, hit, rapier, slash, thrust, welt), betätigt (operates). (various references)

Greek 

κτύπημα (battery, blow, box, bruise, coup, flick, hit, percussion, rap, strike, thrust, tit, whop), χτύπημα (beating, blow, bump, chatter, chop, clip, knock, knocking, slam, strike, thrust, tit, whop), θωπεύω (caress, cosset, dandle, fondle, pet). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"כות (affict, beat, defeat, flap, hit, hurt, kill, knock, plaque, smite, strike, swipe, wound), �"פיק�" (beat, knock, rap, tap, tapping), �"צלפ�" (flagellation, flick, lash, lashing, slash, whipping), חטיר�", פעם (beat, pace, step, time, tread), פעימ�" (beat, pulsation, pulse, throb, throbbing), � �'ע (blow, evil, leprosy, lesion, pestilence, plague, punishment, scurf, trouble), לטיפ�" (caress, fondling, petting), משיכת קולמוס, לחבוט (bang, beat off, flail, knock, mill, pound, smack, strike down, swat, swipe, thrash, thrust down, thump, thwack), ללטף (caress, fondle, neck, pet), מ�"לומ�" (blow, hit, knock, pound, smash, thunderclap), מ�"לך (course, current, distance, gear, journey, move, run, tenor, walk), מכ�" (blow, bump, cut, defeat, hit, knock, plague, smash, striking, swat), מחי (blow), שבץ (apoplexy, convulsion, fit, paralysis, seizure, spasm). (various references)

Hungarian

csapás (adversity, affliction, attack, bane, calamity, chop, clash, dent, disaster, follow-up attack, hack, hit, ills, misfortune, plague, raid, runway, slap, sorrow, strike, striking, thrust, track, tribulation, whack). (various references)

Indonesian

sambaran (swoop), mengelus, membuai, gamparan (flapping slipper, slap, wooden clog), elus, caman (exhortation, lash). (various references)

Italian

accarezzare (caress, cherish, chuck, fondle, pet, snuggle), corsa (journey, race, racing, ride, run, running, rush, scramble, sprint, trip), apoplessia (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, apoplexy, fit, seizure, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

脳梗塞 (cerebral infarction), 脳�'中 (cerebral haemorrhage), �"� , ストレプトマイシン難聴 (bird of paradise flower, strangeness, stranger, straw, straw hat, Strelitzia reginae, streptomycin deafness, strobe, stroke play). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のうそっちゅう (cerebral haemorrhage), のう�"うそく (cerebral infarction), かく (angle, beautiful passage of literature, bishop, case, character, divide, each, every, kernel, nucleus, status, to break, to chip, to crack, to depict, to describe, to draw, to lack, to paint, to perspire, to scratch, to sketch, to write), ストローク . (various references)

Korean 

치기 (Childishness). (various references)

Manx

war, tarnoal (blow, clout, clump, knockdown blow, knockout), struge, stroogey (pet, smooth; trail, smooth; trail feet), strooge, stroak (apoplexy), scrabage (scar, scratch), polt (bang, blast, blast explosion, clap, concussion, crack, crack sound, detonation, explosion, flap, rap, report, shot, snap, thump), chingys (disease, disorder, illness), builley (bash, beat, beat as pulse, bump, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, punch, slam, slap, strike, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack). (various references)

Norwegian

slaget (the stroke). (various references)

Occitan

còp (blow, hit, knock). (various references)

Papiamen

karisiá (caress, chuck, fondle), karisia (caress, chuck). (various references)

Pig Latin

okestray

Portuguese

curso (air-gap, career, channel, class, clearance, course, currency, current, drift, foot race, lecture, line, onflow, path, process, progress, race, school, tenor, tide, track, turn, undercurrent), batida (battue, beat, bob, churn, hit, investigation, knock, rap, research, slam, slap, strike), apoplexia (apoplectic fit, apoplexy, seizure, stroke of apoplexy), afagar (canoodle, caress, cherish, chuck, cotton, cotton on, embosom, fondle, hug, pamper, pat, pet). (various references)

Romanian

dezmierda (blandish, caress, chuck, cosher, cosset, delight, divert, flatter, fondle, pet, smooth). (various references)

Russian 

удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), ход поршня, черта (band, crease, habit, line, streak, stria, stripe, trace), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, poke, push, shake, shock, thrust, toss), гладить (irone), взмах весла, взмах (waft, wave), приступ (access, attack, bout, fit, fit of, seizure, seizures, tantrum), прием (appointment, crush, dose, ploy, recept, reception, recipiency, stag party), длина хода. (various references)

Scottish

str� c (a stroke, blow), slìob (lick, rub gently with the hand, sleek), beum (a stroke, blow, cut, reproach; ring by striking, taunt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaveslaj, zamah (elan, sweep, swing, whisk, zest), udarac (beat, blow, bogey, bunt, dig, hit, impact, jolt, lash, lick, puff, punch, thwack, wallop, whack), udar (blow, fire, impact, jerk, knock, shock, smack, strike, thrust), potez (line, move, outline), otkucaj (beat, tick), način plivanja, kap (drop, globule), gladiti (pet), davati tempo, štroker. (various references)

Spanish

caricia (caress, chuck, fomentation, Pat), acariciar (canoodle, caress, chuck, cuddle, fawn on, fondle, hug, Pat, pet, snuggle, tickle, toy with), carrera (bound, career, chase, dash, ladder, lift, line, race, run, running start, rush, scud, scurry, spring, sprint, track), apoplejía (apoplectic fit, apoplexy, fit, seizure, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Sranan

kor'kori (caress, chuck, fondle), kori (caress, cheat, chuck, deceive, flatter, fondle). (various references)

Swedish

slag (action, bang, battle, beat, bilge, blow, bust, clip, clout, cuff, cut, day, description, dye, fashion, fight, genre, genus, hit, impingement, jab, kidney, kind, knock, lape, lapel, larrup, lash, leg, lick, moment, nature, order, percussion, quality, scuffle, shock, slap, smack, species, stamp, strike, struggle, tack, tap, thump, turn, type, warbling, wham, whang), stryka (cross, cut, cut out, delete, excise, iron, kill, paint, scratch, spread), streck (cord, dashes, line, qualification, ray, rope, score, string, strip, stripe, trick). (various references)

Turkish

saat vuruşu, sıvazlamak (Pat), okşama (caress, caressing, Pat, patting), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, deed, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, success, triumph, victory, win), darbe (bash, beat, biff, blow, brunt, bump, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, thwack, whack, whammy), davranış (act, action, attitude, bearing, behavior, behavioral, behaviour, behavioural, conduct, deal, dealing, demeanor, demeanour, deportment, doings, form, manner, proceeding, treatment, turn, way), fırça darbesi (brush, touch), felç (apoplectic, apoplectical, apoplexy, palsy, paralysis, seizure), çarpma (beat, blip, brunt, bump, impact, jolt, lash, multiplication, percussion), inme (apoplexy, descending, fall, going down, landing, palsy, paralysis, seizure), vuruş (bat, battery, batting, beat, beating, chop, crack, crusher, cut, hack, hit, impact, knock, plug, pulse, scoop, shoot, shot, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wipe), okşamak (canoodle, caress, dandle, fondle, grope, Pat, pet), okşayış, tarz (angle, brand, fashion, form, genre, manner, method, modality, mode, modus, school, style, way), vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, nail, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), hareket (achievement, act, action, bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment, gesture, locomotion, motion, move, movement, play, setout, starting, step). (various references)

Ukrainian

удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, spat, stab, strike, tick, tilt, wap), штрихувати (hatch), змах (flirt, switch, waft), задавати такт, прийом (acceptance, device, dodge, entertainment, expedient, process, social, welcome), припадок (access, accession, bout, fit, rapture, wing-ding), погладжувати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự vuốt ve (caress, cuddle), sự th� nh công lớn lối bơi, nước đi, cú đánh (knock), cú (turn), "miếng", "cú" (turn), "đòn". (various references)

Welsh

trawiad (beat), pratio (caress, pat), llochi (caress, fondle), hwrdd (impulse, ram), gwialennod (stripe), ffonnod (blow, stripe), ergyd (bang, blow, cast, shot), dyrnod (blow). (various references)

sig. (various references)

admulcere, adulare, apoplexia, ictibus, ictu, ictum, ictus, mulsisti, mulsum, palpare, plaga, plagae, plagam, plagarum, plagas, plagatus, plagis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.