stroking

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: strōkʹ-ĭnɡ, IPA^(key): /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/
  • (US) /ˈstɹoʊ̯k.ɪŋ/
  • (UK) /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: strok‧ing
• Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ

Verb

stroking

1. present participle and gerund of stroke

Noun

stroking (plural strokings)

1. The act of making strokes or giving a stroke.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     I doubt not but with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears.

2. (textiles) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.

Derived terms

• beard-stroking
• four-stroking

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stroking”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• trokings