Stroke (disambiguation)

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Stroke may refer to:

• Stroke, a cerebral accident, when blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted
  • Sunstroke, also called heatstroke
• Stroke (engine), a single action of some engines
• In writing
  • Stroke (Chinese character), in graphics stroke order of Chinese characters
  • Stroke (handwriting), a trace of ink in handwriting
  • Slash (punctuation), the typographical character
• In sport
  • Stroke play, a scoring system used in golf
  • Swimming stroke, a swimming style
  • Anatomy of a rowing stroke, pulling an oar through the water during rowing

• In music
  • The Strokes, a rock band
  • Stroke 9, a rock band
  • "The Stroke", a 1981 top-20 hit for rock musician Billy Squier

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