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Scoring system in golf
Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted
Stroke_play
originally a match play event; however, in 1958 it was changed to a stroke play event. Walter Hagen (match play) and Jack Nicklaus (stroke play) hold the record
List of PGA Championship champions
List_of_PGA_Championship_champions
Club-and-ball sport
holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the
Golf
Scoring system for golf
opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In match play the winner is the player
Match_play
South African professional golfer (born 2004)
African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, Georgia Cup Source: PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) Did not play CUT = missed
Aldrich_Potgieter
Golf competition handicap system
equal to the number of strokes given. The table can be used in both match play and stroke play competitions. In match play the stroke index is used to evenly
Stroke_Index
Golf tournament
was a stroke play team competition with an additional individual award. Beginning in 2015, after 72 holes of stroke play, the top eight teams play in single-elimination
NCAA Division I women's golf championship
NCAA_Division_I_women's_golf_championship
Death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
stroke is a medical condition in which blood flow to a part of the brain is reduced or blocked causing cell death. There are two main types of stroke:
Stroke
Golf tournament in the United States
with the finals played on Tuesday. As a match play event (with a stroke play qualifier), it was not uncommon for the finalists to play over 200 holes in
PGA_Championship
American indie rock band
The Strokes are an American rock band formed in New York City in 1998. The band is composed of lead singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas,
The_Strokes
English professional golfer (born 1999)
in the stroke-play competition and earning a silver medal with his team since they lost in the final against host nation Sweden. He also played in the
Alex_Fitzpatrick
Golf tournament
Championship was the 105th PGA Championship. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament played on May 18–21 on the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club in
2023_PGA_Championship
American professional golfer (born 1997)
became the youngest winner of the Metropolitan Golf Association's Ike Stroke Play Championship. He successfully defended the title in 2016. In 2017, Young
Cameron_Young
American collegiate golf competition
Formerly, it was a stroke play team competition, but starting in 2009, the competition was changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the
NCAA Division I men's golf championship
NCAA_Division_I_men's_golf_championship
South African professional golfer (born 1999)
African Juniors International, Northern Amateur Open, Central Gauteng Open Stroke Play 2017 Nomads National Order of Merit (Coastal), Cape Province Open, The
Garrick_Higgo
Golf tournament
Stroke Play Championship is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in Scotland. Entry is open to all amateur golfers. It has been played annually
Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Scottish_Amateur_Stroke_Play_Championship
Golf tournament held in the United States
2011 when it was held near Philadelphia. The National was a 72-hole stroke play tournament. It was one of a few events given "invitational" status by
The_National_(golf)
Rhythm exercise
short pattern of strokes, using John Pratt's logic that "the rudiments of drumming are strokes," in reference to the four basic drum strokes. Rudimental drumming
Drum_rudiment
English professional golfer (born 1996)
victorious in the Jones-Doherty match-play Championship, and in May 2011, she won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship. She followed this up by
Charley_Hull
Activities similar to the game of golf
final "traditional" score. In stroke play, the score is derived by counting the total number of strokes taken. In match play, the score is derived by counting
Variations_of_golf
Golf tournament
open golf championship of the United States. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament played from June 12–15 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont and Plum
2025_U.S._Open_(golf)
Sports event with a number of teams
tournaments meet the second definition, but while match play tournaments also meet the first, stroke play tournaments do not, since there are no distinct matches
Tournament
South African professional golfer (born 2003)
both the South African Stroke Play Championship and the South African Amateur Championship. He won the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship back to
Casey_Jarvis
Northern Irish golfer (born 1989)
second-place, three strokes behind the lead. He erased the deficit and had a two-stroke lead over Bryson DeChambeau with four holes to play, but bogeyed three
Rory_McIlroy
English professional golfer (born 1991)
distinguished amateur career which included wins in the 2009 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 2010 English Amateur, and runner-up finishes in
Tommy_Fleetwood
South African professional golfer (born 2001)
golfer in South Africa. In 2017, he won both the South African Boys U17 Stroke Play Championship and the South African Boys U19 Championship, to become the
Jayden_Schaper
Golf tournament
Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Wales. It was first played in 1976 and is currently
Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship
Welsh_Women's_Open_Stroke_Play_Championship
Amateur golf tournament
there are generally more than 64 qualifiers from the stroke play stage, the first round of the match play involves a small number of matches to reduce the
The_Amateur_Championship
Golf tournament
conclusion of the 72 holes stroke-play event. At the same time, the lowest scoring eight teams advanced to the match-play team event. The quarterfinals
2026 NCAA Division I women's golf championship
2026_NCAA_Division_I_women's_golf_championship
Swedish golfer (born 1999)
finished tied 34th. In 2019, Åberg was runner-up at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and was a member of the winning Swedish team at the 2019
Ludvig_Åberg
Swedish professional golfer (born 1999)
professional golfer. As an amateur, he earned co-medalist honors in stroke play at the 2021 U.S. Amateur. As a professional, he qualified for the 2026
Hugo_Townsend
Topics referred to by the same term
Right Stroke play, a scoring system used in golf Swimming stroke, a swimming style Stroke (CJK character), part of a Chinese character Stroke, a trace
Stroke_(disambiguation)
Golf tournament
Championships, played in late May, is an annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. From its inception through 2010, it was a 72-hole stroke play team competition
NCAA Division II men's golf championship
NCAA_Division_II_men's_golf_championship
Golf tournament
the competition with 36 holes of stroke play, followed by 9-hole match play for the top 64 finishers from the stroke play rounds. After two years of no European
Belgian_Open_(golf)
Scottish professional golfer (born 1996)
won both the Scottish Youths Championship and the Scottish Boys Open Stroke-Play Championship. He won the Scottish Amateur in 2015. In 2016 he lost 2&1
Robert_MacIntyre
Golf tournament
The English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in England (although
Brabazon_Trophy
Spanish professional golfer (born 2001)
University and started playing college golf with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's golf team. Playing in just his fifth collegiate stroke play tournament, he
David_Puig
American professional golfer (born 1989)
S. Amateur Public Links. Wie made the top 64 in the stroke play rounds to qualify for match play. She lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Clay
Michelle_Wie_West
Scoring system in golf
counting the total number of strokes taken, as in regular stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole. Unlike
Stableford
American professional golfer (born 2003)
seven holes of the stroke play portion, but rallied to make the cut. He defeated Gordon Sargent in the first round of the match play en route to reaching
Nick_Dunlap
a one-stroke penalty does not occur in this case. aggregate A score made over more than one round of play, or by two or more players playing as partners
Glossary_of_golf
Golf tournament
Championship is the women's national amateur stroke play golf championship of Ireland. It was first played in 1993 and is currently organised by Golf Ireland
Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship
Irish_Women's_Amateur_Open_Championship
American professional golfer (born 1990)
back-to-back titles at the event. Spaun also finished tied for third in the stroke play at the 2011 NCAA Division I men's golf championship. He was named an
J._J._Spaun
English professional golfer (born 1997)
English professional golfer. She won the 2016 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Smyth Salver as low amateur at the 2017 Women's
Sophie_Lamb
Amateur golf tournament
from 2021 it has been a 72-hole stroke play event, having last been played as a stroke play event in 1907. Originally played as the "Victorian Golf Cup" at
Australian_Amateur
the only two golfers to win the competition in match play and stroke play eras. In the match play era, 9&8 was the largest margin of victory by Marian
List of Women's Western Open champions
List_of_Women's_Western_Open_champions
Professional golf tournament
Golf Course beginning in 2028. The tournament is a 72-hole individual stroke play event, with a team element. Four man teams are chosen, with a set number
LIV_Golf_Adelaide
English cricketer (born 1989)
Adelaide Strikers. She is a wicket-keeper-batter known for her free-flowing stroke play, opening the batting in limited-overs matches and batting in the middle
Sarah_Taylor_(cricketer)
Austrian professional golfer (born 1985)
also played in the 2021 Ryder Cup. Wiesberger was born in Vienna. He won several amateur tournaments, including three Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championships
Bernd_Wiesberger
One of the annual World Golf Championships
rounds to be played by a player than a stroke play event, the format was still respected as offering a different challenge than stroke play. At the end
WGC_Match_Play
Australian golf tournament
72 holes of stroke play. In 1903 the format was revised, there being a 36-hole stroke-play stage after which the leading 8 played match-play with a 36-hole
Australian_Open_(golf)
Golf tournament
The English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in England. Entry is open to all
English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
English_Women's_Open_Amateur_Stroke_Play_Championship
Golf tournament held in New Orleans, Louisiana, US
be a PGA Tour member or earn entry through a sponsor exemption. The stroke play format was alternate shot (foursome) in the first and third rounds and
Zurich_Classic_of_New_Orleans
Golf tournament held in the United States
been 72 holes of stroke play (4 rounds on an 18-hole course), with the winner being the player with the lowest total number of strokes. It is staged by
U.S._Open_(golf)
Golf tournament
conclusion of the 72 holes stroke-play event. At the same time, the lowest scoring eight teams advanced to the match-play team event. The quarterfinals
2025 NCAA Division I women's golf championship
2025_NCAA_Division_I_women's_golf_championship
Golf competition
ceremony First round of stroke play qualification Second round of stroke play qualification Match play Match play Match play finals Closing ceremony The
2026 European Amateur Team Championship
2026_European_Amateur_Team_Championship
American professional golfer (born 1958)
Championship, South Dakota Men's Stroke Play Championship, Pacific Coast Amateur 1980 South Dakota Men's Stroke Play Championship 1982 Lake Macquarie
Curt_Byrum
English professional golfer (born 1987)
Welsh Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Conwy. He finished with a score of 289 (74–75–69–71) to take the title by six strokes over teammate Sam
Chris_Wood_(golfer)
Amateur golf tournament
was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021
Australian_Women's_Amateur
Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour
The Palmetto Championship at Congaree was a PGA Tour stroke play event that was played for the first time from June 10–13, 2021 at Congaree Golf Club
Palmetto_Championship
Golf tournament
event by the World Amateur Golf Rankings. The Sunnehanna Amateur is played in stroke play format; 72 holes (four rounds) held over four days. Many current
Sunnehanna_Amateur
Austrian professional golfer (born 2000)
Championship. Spitz enjoyed a prolific amateur career. She won the Austrian Stroke Play Championship in 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021, and was runner up at the event
Emma_Spitz
American professional golfer (born 1996)
kept the ball in play. Scheffler in particular excels with his approach play. In the 2024 season, he gained an average of 1.269 strokes per round on approach
Scottie_Scheffler
Annual golf tournament in the United States
consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a knockout competition held at match play to decide the champion. All
U.S._Amateur
Stroke play golf tournament
The Spalding Women's Open Stroke Play was a national women's 72-hole stroke play golf tournament played in England from 1954 to 1959. It was sometimes
Spalding Women's Open Stroke Play
Spalding_Women's_Open_Stroke_Play
English professional golfer (born 2004)
Handa Women's Scottish Open. In 2021, Woad won the Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship. In May 2022, she made her debut on the Ladies European
Lottie_Woad
Scottish golfer (born 1954)
Championship, Scottish Boys Stroke Play Championship 1977 Northern Open Note: Murray only played in The Open Championship. Did not play CUT = missed the half-way
Ewen_Murray
Golf tournament
Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in Scotland (although entry
Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship
Helen_Holm_Scottish_Women's_Open_Championship
Australian professional golfer (born 1996)
International Junior Classic, Tasmanian Stroke Play Championship 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior, Tasmanian Stroke Play Championship 2013 Australian Women's Amateur
Minjee_Lee
Golf tournament
156 players competed in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier, with the top 64 advancing to a single-elimination match play bracket. Past champion Jim Liu earned
2013_U.S._Junior_Amateur
Golf tournament
PGA Championship title was successfully defended, and the first as a stroke play event. Woods and May were five shots ahead of third-place finisher Thomas
2000_PGA_Championship
Golf tournament
Championship played under the match play format, Lionel Hebert won 2 and 1 over Dow Finsterwald, who won the following year, the first as a 72-hole stroke play event
1957_PGA_Championship
Golf tournament in South Africa
December. For many years the tournament was a small-field invitational stroke play event with typically 12 players competing. Since it became a European
Nedbank_Golf_Challenge
122nd U.S. Open - golf
golf championship of the United States. It was a 72-hole stroke play tournament that was played between June 16–19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts
2022_U.S._Open_(golf)
English professional golfer (born 1998)
Stroke Play Championship, Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters Source: 1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour European Tour playoff record (1–0) Did not play CUT
Marco_Penge
American professional golfer (born 2002)
and won the Maridoe Junior Invitational. Brennan tied for 11th in the stroke play at the 2020 U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort; his brother Sean
Michael_Brennan_(golfer)
Australian professional golfer (born 1987)
South Australian Junior, Queensland Junior 2006 Australian Amateur Stroke Play, Master of the Amateurs, Queensland Amateur PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)
Jason_Day
Italian professional golfer
Molinari. As an amateur, he won the Italian Amateur Stroke Play Championship twice, and the Italian Match Play Championship in 2004. Molinari turned professional
Francesco_Molinari
Easy shot in golf that is agreed to be left unplayed
automatically without being played. When a player has only a very short putt left to play, other players may grant a gimme (i.e., one stroke is counted), but the
Gimme_(golf)
Youths golf tournament from 1954 to 1994
Championship was a youths golf tournament that was played from 1954 to 1994. It was 72-hole stroke-play event for golfers under 22. From 1954 to 1962, it
British Youths Open Championship
British_Youths_Open_Championship
Australian professional golfer (born 1993)
and finish one stroke ahead of Anirban Lahiri. In July, Smith won his first major championship at the 150th Open Championship, played at the Old Course
Cameron_Smith_(golfer)
English professional golfer (1877–1943)
wins in multi-day events. Most of his victories were in one-day 36-hole stroke-play events at which Ray excelled. Ray was also known for performing well
Ted_Ray_(golfer)
Pairs playing format in the game of golf
pairs playing format in the game of golf. It is also known as better ball or best ball. It is also sometimes abbreviated as 4BBB. In a stroke play competition
Four-ball_golf
ICC president & Pakistani cricketer (born 1947)
with razor-sharp reflexes, a high, twirling backlift, and late, wristy stroke-play that made run-scoring look effortless; despite spectacles, he is described
Zaheer_Abbas
American professional golfer (born 1992)
Cantlay finished second in the stroke play at the 2010 U.S. Amateur in August. He advanced to the semifinals of the match play portion held at Chambers Bay
Patrick_Cantlay
Golf club in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
including the first PGA Championship to be conducted in its modern stroke play format, won by Dow Finsterwald in 1958. World Golf Hall of Fame member
Llanerch_Country_Club
South African professional golfer (born 1969)
Championship, qualifying from stroke play for the 64-player match play segment, but was knocked out there. Els received interest to play college golf at several
Ernie_Els
Smallest writing units of Chinese characters
Strokes (simplified Chinese: 笔画; traditional Chinese: 筆畫; pinyin: bǐhuà) are the smallest structural units making up written Chinese characters. In the
Chinese_character_strokes
American professional golfer (born 1983)
Association's Women's Player of the Year, and won both the match play and stroke play competitions of the 2005 Trans National Championship. Mackenzie was
Paige_Mackenzie
Cricket terminology
in the execution of a cricket stroke. Good technique is characterised by quickly getting into the correct position to play the shot, especially getting
Batting_(cricket)
Swedish professional golfer (born 1999)
LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. Grant is the granddaughter of James Grant, a Scottish golf
Linn_Grant
Medical condition
Lacunar stroke or lacunar cerebral infarct (LACI) is the most common type of ischemic stroke, resulting from the occlusion of small penetrating arteries
Lacunar_stroke
2006 video game
is the quickest way to gain experience. Stroke play is in the "Traditional Game Modes" section. Stroke Play allows up to four players to compete on a
Tiger_Woods_PGA_Tour_07
Golf tournament
Ireland. The championship has been played as a 72-hole stroke-play event since 1958. Previously it was played as a match-play tournament. Golf Ireland also
Irish Amateur Open Championship
Irish_Amateur_Open_Championship
Scoring system used in the sport of golf
amateur and club golf. It is a stroke play format played against the course, with match play scoring based on the number of strokes taken on each hole compared
Par_(golf_scoring_format)
Golf tournament
Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain. A stroke play tournament
Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Ladies'_British_Open_Amateur_Stroke_Play_Championship
South African professional golfer (born 1996)
Maas, finishing 7th. He finished runner-up at the 2023 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and won the 2024 GolfRSA International Amateur in sudden
Altin_van_der_Merwe
Indian cricketer
commentator and pundit. A right-handed batsman known for his elegant stroke play, Laxman played as a middle-order batsman in Test cricket. Laxman is currently
VVS_Laxman
NCAA men's golf championship tournament
Source: The following eight teams had the lowest stroke play total and advanced into the match-play event. Sources: June 1, 2026 (Par:72, Total: 288)
2026 NCAA Division I men's golf championship
2026_NCAA_Division_I_men's_golf_championship
Country club in Georgia, United States
to host the 2014 U.S. Amateur, with stroke-play qualifying on the Riverside and Highlands Courses and match play on the Highlands Course. The Riverside
Atlanta_Athletic_Club
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant of Stock.Probably an Americanized form of Stokke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stoke.
Boy/Male
English
Village
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English strike(n) ‘to stroke, smooth’, applied as an occupational name for someone whose job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England named from Middle English stoke. The exact sense in individual cases is not clear; it seems to have meant originally merely ‘place’, and to have been used mainly for an outlying hamlet or dependent settlement.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English strong, strang ‘strong’, generally a nickname for a strong man but perhaps sometimes applied ironically to a weakling.French : translation of Trahand, a metonymic occupational name for a silkworker who drew out the thread from the cocoons (see Trahan).Translation of Ashkenazic Jewish Stark.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stroud.German (Ströde) : topographic name from a dialect word meaning ‘thicket’.
Surname or Lastname
English (southern)
English (southern) : habitational name from places in Gloucestershire and Middlesex, so named from Old English strÅd ‘marshy ground overgrown with brushwood’. Strood in Kent is named with the same word, and some examples of the surname are no doubt derived from this term in independent use.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name from Middle English strike, the stick used by a Striker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stride ‘(long) pace’ (from stride(n) ‘to walk with long steps’), presumably a nickname for someone with long legs or whose gait had a purposeful air, although Reaney and Wilson suggest it may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a crossing point over a stream, presumably no wider than a stride. They cite as an example a place known as The Strid, in North Yorkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.North German (Ströker) : from an agent derivative of Struck.
Boy/Male
English
Stone
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a strip of land, Old English strīp.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : perhaps, as Reaney suggests, a variant of Strutt.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Suffolk, so called from Old English stÅw, a word akin to stoc (see Stoke), with the specialized meaning ‘meeting place’, frequently referring to a holy place or church. Places in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire having this origin use the spelling Stowe, but the spelling difference cannot be relied on as an indication of locality of origin. The final -e in part represents a trace of the Old English dative inflection.Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.A John Stowe settled in Roxbury, MA, and took the freeman’s oath in 1634.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stork ‘stork’, hence a nickname for a thin man with long legs, or perhaps occasionally a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In Yorkshire, where the name is most frequent, it may be a habitational name from a place so named (now known as Storkhill), near Beverley.North German : nickname for someone thought to resemble a stork, Middle Low German stork.German : habitational name from a place so named in Hesse.
Boy/Male
English
From the village.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from any of the numerous places called Stoke.Dutch : occupational name for a stoker, Middle Dutch stokere, or from the same word in the sense ‘fire raiser’, ‘arsonist’.Scottish : occupational name for a trumpeter, Gaelic stocaire, an agent derivative of stoc ‘Gaelic trumpet’. The name is borne by a sept of the McFarlanes.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Striker (from the Old English byform strÄcian).
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Glowing; Sparkling; Incandescent
Girl/Female
Latin American
Noble. St. Patricia was a 7th century patron saint of Naples.
Girl/Female
English
Good elf.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Smiling and Beautiful Face
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lauhitya | லௌஹிதà¯à®¯Â
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Humble
Boy/Male
Muslim
Glory
Girl/Female
English American Latin
From Laurentium; the place of the laurel trees; place of honor and victory. Feminine of Lawrence.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Srutakeerthi | ஸரதாகிரதீ
One who is of sharp intellect
Biblical
he that is heard; he that is obeyed
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
STROKE PLAY
v. t.
To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
v. t.
To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
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.
To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
v. t.
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
n.
A stroke.
v. i.
To strike with a long stroke.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Stroke
v. t.
The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
v. t.
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
v. t.
The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
v. t.
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
a.
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
v. t.
To strike.
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.
To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
v. t.
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
n.
An accidental or a slyly given stroke.