Talk:stroke

"stroke of luck", "stroke of misfortune", "stroke of insight", etc
I think we are missing this sense. ---&gt; Tooironic 01:50, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


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

stroke
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 s, where the definition lines use "stroke" without explaining what it means: 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. &#x200b;— msh210 ℠ 17:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * "(linguistics) A stroke of a Chinese character".
 * "(art) A stroke of pen or brush".
 * Incidentally, we're missing a sense, but I don't know what it means: . &#x200b;— msh210 ℠ 18:05, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete first two listed senses. As an aside, we seem to have as well, so two templates for just about the same thing. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Since when is a paint brush "a pen or other writing implement"?--Prosfilaes 23:23, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Chinese characters were traditionally written with a brush up to the mid 20th century.Impregnable (talk) 22:42, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally the article is a bit messy. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:27, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

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

Also obsolete past tense of strike?
Equinox ◑ 09:02, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

verbal encouragement
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)


 * 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)

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)

additional feature
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)

RFV discussion: February–March 2021
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)
 * Here's the Swift quote. The term is discussed in this article, which seems to suggest there are only two known appearances in English literature (Dampier 1699 and Swift, which are the two quotes OED uses). I suppose this would technically mean that WT:CFI can't be satisfied. It does appear in some old reference works, such as in this French-English phrasebook, apparently published a couple years before the Swift quote. Colin M (talk) 02:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

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

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


 * 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))

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

*slang on reddit i think*
r/ihadastroke is for typos TenGolfPedia (talk) 22:37, 18 June 2023 (UTC)