short strokes
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
noun
Example Sentences
- "He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over."
- "Ironing out the short strokes has taken a little longer than expected, but it all should be worth the wait for Strawberry when the Yankees officially announce today they have re-signed the rehabbed slugger."
- "Sly and Dave Chandler having set the deal, and Al McAfee moving in to do the legal fine points, Maxwell and Johnson tumbled into our lap for just over a million in cash up front and about twice that in Slumberhaven stock and options. I didn't even have to get involved, except for the short strokes toward the end."
- "She can evoke an entire scene in short strokes, as in this from "The Wamsutter Wolf": "This trailer was in ruins, broken-backed because its west end had slipped off the cinder-block supports. All the windows had been shot out.""