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Plural of stroke

regular plural

The plural of stroke is strokes.

Forms of stroke

Singularstroke /stɹəʊk/
Pluralstrokes /stɹoʊks/
Countablecountable

Strokes in a sentence

  • Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.
  • I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages...
  • Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders.From the entry at
  • I played 18 holes yesterday. The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.From the entry hole
  • The judge imposed on the thief a sentence of fifteen strokes with the rod.From the entry rod

Meaning of stroke

  1. noun An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
  2. noun An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
  3. noun A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.

Full definition of stroke

Questions about the plural of stroke

What is the plural of stroke?
The plural of stroke is strokes.
Is stroke countable?
Stroke is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stroke (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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