Clues for the word "STROKE"
We've had 77 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 131 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of stroke
- imp. - Struck.
- v. t. - The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
- v. t. - The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
- v. t. - The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
- v. t. - A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
- v. t. - A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
- v. t. - Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.
- v. t. - A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
- v. t. - A throb or beat, as of the heart.
- v. t. - One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
- v. t. - The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
- v. t. - The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
- v. t. - The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
- v. t. - A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
- v. t. - The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
- v. t. - Power; influence.
- v. t. - Appetite.
- v. t. - To strike.
- v. t. - To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
- v. t. - To make smooth by rubbing.
- v. t. - To give a finely fluted surface to.
- v. t. - To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
Referring Clues
- Golf shot
- Backhand or forehand, e.g.
- Crew team member nearest the stern
- Word from a coxswain
- Call to a crew
- Butterfly, e.g.
- Cox's call
- Golf swing
- Brush
- Coxswain's call
- Swim move
- Sternmost member of a crew team
- Crawl or butterfly
- Massé, e.g.
- Chip or putt
- Drive or putt
- Single act, as of genius
- Swimmer's choice
- Coxswain's command
- Golf putt, for example
- Hitting of a golf ball
- Canoe crew motion
- Piston motion
- Painter's motion
- Backhand, e.g.
- Pet
- Putt, e.g.
- Rub lightly
- Caress
- It precedes "Substituted Ball" in the Definitions section of the "Rules of Golf"
- Putt, for instance
- Hit from a 102-Down
- Crew direction
- Bobcat goldthwait joked that if 18-across catches on, he'd need a shirt that says, "this is not 18-across. i'm having a ___"
- Cox cry
- Golfer's hit
- Brush mark
- Scoring unit, in golf
- Swimmer's move
- Cerebrovascular accident, familiarly
- Fondle - rower
- Slim Dunlap suffered one in '12
- Caress - rower
- What an oarsman will do, if the boat capsizes?
- A bit of luck for the oarsman?
- Manner of swimming - caress with hand
- Blow - gentle touch - brain damage
- Blow - gentle touch - apoplexy
- Hit one having a row
- Swimming style
- Attack the individual setting the rate
- Caress one of the 8
- Seizure of one of eight?
- One sportsman played by another
- Massage a thrombosis
- The mark of an oarsman
- Blow resulting in damage to the brain?
- Swimming style is a cause of brain damage
- Rower in line
- Butterfly or freestyle
- Put pressure on one involved in a row
- Caress member of boat crew
- Butterfly, for one
- A blow with an oar
- Touch lightly
- Very little work required to propel oneself through the water
- A whack with an oar?
- Chip or pitch
- Golf hit
- Short nap
- A bit of luck during the hitting of the ball?
- New stoker aboard a boat
- One of four on a par-4
- Action in tennis, swimming and golf
- Butterfly or crawl, in swimming
- What an oarsman will do, if the boat capsizes?
- Brush mark in a painting
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - January 14, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 27, 2025
- New York Times - November 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 22, 2025
- USA Today - February 24, 2025
- USA Today - February 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 21, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 31, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 06, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 25, 2024
- USA Today - January 24, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 29, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2023
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