stroke stroking | a light touch with the hands |
stroke | a single complete movement |
keystroke key stroke | the stroke of a key, one depression of a key on a keyboard, the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work |
medal play stroke play | golf scoring by total strokes taken |
stroke shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand, it took two strokes to get out of the bunker, a good shot requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand backhand stroke backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
forehand forehand stroke forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
stroke | any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing |
swimming stroke | a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward |
butterfly butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
golf stroke golf shot swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
firefly lightning bug | nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs |
arrester arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
four-stroke engine four-stroke internalombustion engine | an internalombustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke, work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke |
lightning rod lightning conductor | a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground, protects the building from destruction by lightning |
spark arrester sparker | a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack |
spark arrester | electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed |
surge suppressor surge protector spike suppressor spike arrester lightning arrester | electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current |
stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush, she applied the paint in careful strokes |
hair stroke | a very fine line in writing or printing |
solidus slash virgule diagonal stroke separatrix | a punctuation mark ( ) used to separate related items of information |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
throw stroke cam stroke | the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
lightning | the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash), can scintillate for a second or more |
heat lightning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings), usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds |
stroke | a light touch |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
Jupiter Fulgur Jupiter Fulminator Lightning Hurler | an epithet for Jupiter |
lightning rod | someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another |
stroke | the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew |
alternating current AC alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current DC direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
forked lightning chain lightning | a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like) |
jet blue jet reverse lightning | atmospheric discharges (lastingmsec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward |
lightning | abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light |
ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current Kuroshio current Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |