Definitions
a light touch with the hands
Word origin
The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”).
Used in a sentence
“a stroke on the chin”
“Hee paſſed the vvhole length of Italie vvithout reſiſtance, […] He likevviſe entred and vvonne (in effect) the vvhole Kingdome of Naples it ſelfe, vvithout ſtriking ſtroke.”
“With many a wanton stroke / Her feet disperse the powd'ry snow / That rises up like smoke.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Gentle brush”6 letters
02“Brush movement”6 letters
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