stroking

The act of making strokes or giving a stroke.

Noun

  1. The act of making strokes or giving a stroke.
    • I doubt not but with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. - 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
  2. The act of laying small gathers (plaits) in cloth in regular order.

Forms

strokings

Derived

beard-stroking four-stroking

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of stroke