understroke

English edit

Etymology edit

under- +‎ stroke

Pronunciation edit

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(verb) IPA^(key): /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

understroke (plural understrokes)

A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

Verb edit

understroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)

(transitive) To underline or underscore.
- 1733 March 20, letter to Catherine Hyde, Jonathan Swift:
  You have understroked that offensive word, to show it should be printed in italic.

Adjective edit

understroke (not comparable)

Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter.
Coordinate term: frontstroke
- 2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics:
  Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.