stroke in Kurdish

(golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.