Talk:stroke

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"stroke of luck", "stroke of misfortune", "stroke of insight", etc[edit]

I think we are missing this sense. ---> Tooironic 01:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. It's like "a blow or hit", but figurative. Equinox ◑ 13:28, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion debate[edit]

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stroke[edit]

Rfd-redundant:

  • "A single act of striking with a weapon" redundant to "A blow or hit".
  • "A streak of paint made with a brush" redundant to "A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement".

Also, some {{rfc-def}}s, where the definition lines use "stroke" without explaining what it means:

  • "(linguistics) A stroke of a Chinese character".
  • "(art) A stroke of pen or brush".

The latter, if I understand it correctly, is redundant to "A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement", but maybe I don't.​—msh210℠ 17:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally, we're missing a sense, but I don't know what it means: google:"knead * strokes".​—msh210℠ 18:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete first two listed senses. As an aside, we seem to have {{rfc-sense}} as well, so two templates for just about the same thing. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Since when is a paint brush "a pen or other writing implement"?--Prosfilaes 23:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Chinese characters were traditionally written with a brush up to the mid 20th century.Impregnable (talk) 22:42, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Generally the article is a bit messy. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

deleted all three senses tagged. -- Prince Kassad 14:45, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Also obsolete past tense of strike?[edit]

Equinox ◑ 09:02, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

verbal encouragement[edit]

a usually positive comment or statement, e.g. a compliment made by one person to another
I need all the positive strokes I can get right now.
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

Can somebody confirm this meaning? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard of it. The sentence sounds weird to me. It could be something that "hits" or impinges on you, like a "stroke of luck", or it could be a comforting stroke as is given to a cat. Can't tell! Equinox ◑ 00:04, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Equinox:
transitive verb : to behave in an encouraging or solicitous way toward somebody as a way of persuading or eliciting cooperation

--Backinstadiums (talk) 12:06, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

additional feature[edit]

A small additional feature that has an effect on the style or nature of something
A stroke of sarcasm

--Backinstadiums (talk) 12:03, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RFV discussion: February–March 2021[edit]

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Rfv-sense: appetite. Apparently there's a Jonathan Swift quote with this in, but I looked at every instance of "stroke" and "strokes" in his works, and nothing was even vaguely matched Oxlade2000 (talk) 22:30, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

cited Kiwima (talk) 07:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(U.S.) pornographic (slang)[edit]

(U.S.) relating to or of the nature of pornography (slang) Backinstadiums (talk) 10:51, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Use it in a sentence.
"He moved to California and featured in a stroke film."???
—DIV (1.145.0.140 05:31, 20 May 2023 (UTC))[reply]

Multilevel list numbering[edit]

I've cited this entry as an example of the current default for Multilevel list numbering at Wiktionary:Grease_pit/2023/April#Multilevel_list_enumeration. —DIV (1.145.0.140 05:32, 20 May 2023 (UTC))[reply]

*slang on reddit i think*[edit]

r/ihadastroke is for typos TenGolfPedia (talk) 22:37, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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