An act of hitting or striking with a weapon or tool, the sound or time of a clock striking, or an act of hitting a ball in sports such as cricket, golf, squash, and tennis.

A series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, such as the movement of an oar or paddle through water in rowing or a specific combination of movements of the arms and legs in swimming that allows the swimmer to advance through the water, a beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse, and a single movement or thrust of a machine part, or the length of this movement, and also refers to a thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.

(figurative) A noun "stroke" represents various meanings including an act causing harm or death, a damaging occurrence, a large amount of work, a powerful effort or achievement, a movement or line made by an implement in art or writing, a distinctive expression in writing, and a masterful action in turn-based games.

(medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.

(sciences) An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.

An act of moving one's hand or an object along a surface in one direction, touching it lightly; a caress.

(figurative) A gesture or act of assurance, flattery, or friendliness given to fulfill desires or needs and influence a person.

(transitive) To draw a line across, cancel or strike out text, chime or sound like a bell or clock, mark something with lines or stripes, hit or kick a ball smoothly, row at a certain rate or act as the stroke of a boat, and strike the water with one's arms and legs when swimming.

(intransitive) Suffer a loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted or to swim by making coordinated movements with the arms and legs.

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.

(also figurative) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).

(figurative) To stroke someone is to provide assurance and encouragement, or to influence them through convincing or flattering means, especially in psychoanalysis or politics.

(agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap , to strip.

(masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.