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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stroking

/ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables
strok-ing
IPA
/ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stroke

noun

The act of making strokes or giving a stroke.

noun

The act of laying small gathers (plaits) in cloth in regular order.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

strokings (plural)

Phrases

beard-stroking four-stroking

Synonyms

stroke

Rhymes With

smoking non-smoking joking choking provoking soaking poking invoking evoking revoking cloaking coking

Questions

How do you pronounce stroking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/.
What does stroking mean?
present participle and gerund of stroke

How to pronounce stroking

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