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ground-stroke

ground-stroke is the alternative form of groundstroke.

Meaning of groundstroke

Noun

groundstroke (plural groundstrokes)

  1. A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.
    • But each time Dementieva underlined why she holds such a lofty world standing by answering the challenge with those unerring groundstrokes, particularly the forehand, to hit back after dropping her serve.2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun

Forms of ground-stroke

pluralground-strokes

Questions about ground-stroke

What is ground-stroke the alternative form of?
Ground-stroke is the alternative form of groundstroke.

Words near ground-stroke in the dictionary

  1. ground-mist
  2. ground-mists
  3. ground-plan
  4. ground-plans
  5. ground-plot
  6. ground-stroke
  7. ground-strokes
  8. ground-to-air
  9. ground-to-ground
  10. ground-to-ship
  11. ground-work

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ground-stroke (page history and authors); groundstroke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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