stroke1, s.1Buille m. To receive twenty strokes, fiche buille a fháil. To fell a tree at a stroke, crann a leagan d'aon iarracht amháin. Finishing stroke, buille scoir. 2aBuille (rámha). Bill: etc: Whose stroke is it?cé leis an imirt?Row: To lengthen the stroke, buille níos faide a tharraingt. Keep stroke!coinnígí le chéimíbSwim: Bang m, oscar m, buille m. S.a. BACK-STROKE 3, BREAST-STROKE, OVERARM. cMec.E: Buille. Two-stroke engine, inneall débhuilleach. dHe hasn't done a stroke of work since, ní dhearna sé buille maitheasa ó shin. eA stroke of good luck, beangán m, sciorta m, den ádh. A good stroke of business, beart maith gnó. 3Buille (cloig). On the stroke of nine, ar bhuille a naoi. To arrive on the stroke (of time), teacht ar an spriocuair. 4Stroke of apoplexy, stróc m. F: To have a stroke, stróc a fháil. 5Stríoc f (pinn, etc.). Typ: Thin stroke, caol-líne f (litreach). Thick stroke, tiúlíne f. With a stroke of the pen, le scríob den pheann. 6Row: a(Pers.) Fear an bhuille. bTo row stroke, an buille a thabhairt.
stroke2, v.tr.To stroke a boat, an buille a thabhairt d'fhoireann.
stroke3, s.Cuimilt bhoise, slíocadh m boise.
stroke4, v.tr.Slíocaim, bláthnaím, cuimlím (ceann, gruaig, etc.).To stroke s.o. the wrong way, teacht ar dhuine in éadan an tsnáithe, in aghaidh stuif. To stroke s.o. down, (i) duine a mhealladh chun suaimhnis; (ii) bheith ag cuimilt bhoise le duine.