stroke

stroke
stroke
A n
1 (blow) gen coup m ; (in tennis, golf) coup m ; to have a 3-stroke lead avoir 3 coups d'avance ; to win by 2 strokes gagner avec 2 coups d'avance ; to be 4 strokes behind avoir 4 coups de retard ; 20 strokes of the cane 20 coups de trique ;
2 fig (touch) coup m ; it was a brilliant/master stroke c'était un coup brillant/de maître ; at one ou at a single stroke d'un seul coup ; a stroke of luck un coup de chance ; a stroke of bad luck une malchance ; a stroke of genius un trait de génie ;
3 Sport (swimming, movement) mouvement m des bras ; (style) nage f ; ⇒ breast stroke etc ; Tim can swim a few strokes Tim sait un peu nager ;
4 Sport (in rowing) (movement) coup m d'aviron ; (person) chef m de nage ;
5 Art (mark of pen) trait m ; (mark of brush) touche f ; (stroking action) coup m de pinceau/crayon etc ;
6 (in punctuation) barre f oblique ;
7 (of clock) coup m ; on the stroke of four à quatre heures sonnantes ; at the stroke of midnight à minuit sonnant ; at the third stroke the time will be… au troisième top il sera exactement… ;
8 Med congestion f cérébrale, attaque f ;
9 Tech (in engine, pump) course f ; a 2 stroke engine un moteur à 2 temps ;
10 (caress) caresse f ; to give sb/sth a stroke caresser qn/qch.
B modif Med stroke victim, stroke patient malade mf atteint/-e de congestion cérébrale.
C vtr
1 (caress) caresser [person, animal] ; to stroke sb's back caresser le dos de qn ; to stroke one's beard se caresser la barbe ;
2 Sport (in rowing) to stroke an eight être le chef de nage d'un huit.
D vi Sport (in rowing) être chef de nage.
Idioms
not to do a stroke of work ne rien faire, ne pas en ficher une rame ; to put sb off their stroke (upset timing) faire perdre le rythme à qn ; fig (disconcert) faire perdre les pédales à qn.

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