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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD-STROKE

dead-stroke  [ˈdedˌstrəʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD-STROKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dead-Stroke is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEAD-STROKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dead-stroke in the English dictionary

The definition of dead-stroke in the dictionary is relating to a stroke made that has no kick back or reverberation. Other definition of dead-stroke is denoting a type of mechanical hammer that contains a spring that reduces any recoil.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAD-STROKE


backstroke
ˈbækˌstrəʊk
breaststroke
ˈbrɛstˌstrəʊk
broke
brəʊk
brushstroke
ˈbrʌʃstrəʊk
counter-stroke
ˈkaʊntəstrəʊk
downstroke
ˈdaʊnˌstrəʊk
handstroke
ˈhændˌstrəʊk
heatstroke
ˈhiːtˌstrəʊk
instroke
ˈɪnˌstrəʊk
keystroke
ˈkiːˌstrəʊk
masterstroke
ˈmɑːstəˌstrəʊk
ministroke
ˌmɪnɪˈstrəʊk
outstroke
ˈaʊtˌstrəʊk
roke
rəʊk
roque
rəʊk
sidestroke
ˈsaɪdˌstrəʊk
stroke
strəʊk
sunstroke
ˈsʌnˌstrəʊk
thunderstroke
ˈθʌndəˌstrəʊk
upstroke
ˈʌpˌstrəʊk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD-STROKE

dead zone
dead-and-alive
dead-ball line
dead-cat bounce
dead-end
dead-end job
dead-end street
dead-letter office
dead-nettle
dead-smooth file
dead-tree
deadbeat
deadbolt
deadboy
deaden
deadener
deadening
deadeningly
deader
deadeye

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD-STROKE

a stroke
Bolingbroke
butterfly stroke
exhaust stroke
four-stroke
go for broke
ground stroke
hair stroke
heartbroke
heat stroke
lightning stroke
off one´s stroke
Pembroke
proke
return stroke
scavenge stroke
scavenging stroke
Sheffer´s stroke
stone-broke
two-stroke

Synonyms and antonyms of dead-stroke in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dead-stroke» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD-STROKE

Find out the translation of dead-stroke to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead-stroke from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead-stroke» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死中风
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiempos muertos
570 millions of speakers

English

dead-stroke
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत स्ट्रोक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميتة في المخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умер -тактный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tempos mortos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত-স্ট্রোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

course morte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Strok mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Toten -Takt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

デッドストローク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 행정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati-stroke
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết đột quỵ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த ஸ்ட்ரோக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत-स्ट्रोक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölü zamanlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dead- ictus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dead- suwowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

умер- тактний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mort - accident vascular cerebral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρός - εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood -slag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dead- stroke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dead- takts
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead-stroke

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-STROKE»

The term «dead-stroke» is used very little and occupies the 182.778 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD-STROKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead-stroke

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD-STROKE»

Discover the use of dead-stroke in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead-stroke and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hand Drumming Essentials
Like the dead stroke used in playing bass tones, leave your hand on the drumhead until the sound ends or until the very moment of the next stroke, whichever comes first. The majority of slap strokes go by quickly, but the effort to execute a ...
C. A. Grosso, 2003
2
Extended Performance Techniques and Compositional Style in ...
... 84 Dead stroke on second note (B) 85-86 Should be played as a 9/8 measure, similar to m. 51 93 “ped” at the end of the measure 125 Dead stroke on the sixth note (E) 125 closing parenthesis on (distant) 128 Beat 1: mezzo forte 128 Beat 1:  ...
Joshua D. Smith, 2008
3
Pleasures of Small Motions: Mastering the Mental Game of ...
Your conscious experience, when you are in dead stroke, largely consists of observing the unconscious controlling your play. That is why dead stroke feels like something beyond your control — it is beyond your conscious control, but gives ...
Bob Fancher, Robert T. Fancher, 2002
4
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
... valves operated by said double acting pump for controlling the flow of fluid between said hollow cylinder and hollow piston, means for providing a dead stroke during the limit of ttie downward movement of one of said double acting pumping ...
United States. Patent Office, 1911
5
Billiards
There are two other strokes, viz., the dead stroke and drag, which here require explanation. A dead stroke is played by striking the white gently in the centre, or, if anything, very slightly below it. The white must not be struck above the centre, ...
Joseph Bennett (billiard-player.), Cavendish, 1894
6
Billiards, ed. by Cavendish
There are two other strokes, viz., the dead stroke and drag, which here require explanation. A dead stroke is played by striking the white gently in the centre, or, if anything, very slightly below it. The white must not be struck above the centre, ...
Joseph Bennett (billiard-player.), Cavendish, 1884
7
Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games ...
... but with some strength, white will move from its position, as if it had been itself struck with a dead stroke, and red will be driven into the pocket. It is not necessary even that the stroke upon W should be perfectly straight, a deviation of three or ...
8
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards
See also COVER. dead stroke 1. A stroke causing the cue ball to stop or move very slowly after contact with the object ball. 1873 Bennett 193. See DEAD BALL. 2. (colloq.) A player is "in dead stroke" when he is shooting very well and ...
Michael Ian Shamos, 2002
9
Appletons' cyclopædia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of ...
Dead-stroke power-hammer. Fio. 4. -Dead-stroke power-hammer. the throw of the ram, while at the same time the stroke of the eccentric is shortened. The hammer is operated by an eccentric at the rear, connected by a pitman to t he saddle or ...
Park Benjamin, 1895
10
Modern Mechanism Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, ...
Dead-stroke power-hammer. Flo. 4.—Dead<stroke power-hammer, the throw of the ram, while at the same time the stroke of the eccentric is shortened. The hammer is operated by an eccentric at the rear. connected by a pitman to the saddle ...
Park Benjamin, 1896

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