Results: Stroke as you may
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The word stroke, has many places in the English language, as a noun, and verb. Check off the definitions that have applied to you at least once in your life:
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
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721 votes
a hitting of or upon anything.
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705 votes
a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell.
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610 votes
the sound produced by this.
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381 votes
a throb or pulsation, as of the heart.
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537 votes
a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, causing inadequate oxygen supply and, depending on the extent and location of the abnormality, such symptoms as weakness, paralysis of parts of the body, speech difficulties, and, if severe, loss of consciousness or death.
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690 votes
something likened to a blow in its effect.
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342 votes
to mark with a stroke or strokes, as of a pen; cancel, as by a stroke of a pen.
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929 votes
Rowing. to row as a stroke oar of (a boat or crew). to set the stroke for the crew of (a boat).
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675 votes
Sports. to hit (a ball), as with a deliberate, smooth swing of a bat or club.
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609 votes
to pass the hand or an instrument over (something or somebody) lightly or with little pressure; rub gently, as in soothing or caressing.
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806 votes
Not Applicable
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505 votes
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Last time I tested, I scored about 10,000 keystrokes on the computer's number pad. Have you been tested, and do you know your score?
I've been tested
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181 votes
I know my score
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146 votes
Both
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84 votes
Neither
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1627 votes
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Beauty parlor stroke, is when your head is in the sink, and your neck bent, causing to interrupt the flow of blood. Have you ever worried about this?
Yes
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233 votes
No
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1169 votes
Not Applicable
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636 votes
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If you're familiar with The Strokes, check off the songs that are rated in the top ten:
10. "You Only Live Once" from First Impressions of Earth (2006)
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81 votes
9. "Someday" from Is This It (2001)
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83 votes
8. "Tap Out" from Comedown Machine (2013)
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58 votes
7. "Barely Legal" from Is This It (2001)
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74 votes
6. "The End Has No End" from Room On Fire (2003)
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72 votes
5. "The Modern Age" from Is This It (2001)
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61 votes
4. "Take It Or Leave It" from Is This It (2001)
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92 votes
3. "New York City Cops" from Is This It (2001)
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57 votes
2. "Reptilia" from Room on Fire (2003)
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51 votes
1. "Hard To Explain" from Is This It (2001)
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51 votes
Not Applicable
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1682 votes
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Finally, have you used these stroke idioms:
Stroke of luck
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1059 votes
Different strokes for different folks
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1029 votes
At the stroke of midnight
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950 votes
Little strokes feel great oaks
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132 votes
Be in the short strokes
4%
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76 votes
Stroke of genius
45%
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918 votes
Not Applicable
29%
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590 votes
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