stroked

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of stroke.

   With two outs in the ninth, the shortstop stroked a clean single into left field.

   She stroked a backhand winner down the line to close out the set.

   Note

   The regular -ed form does both jobs: simple past in she stroked the ball into the net, past participle after have or be in every t had been stroked. With the deleting meaning it takes out or through (whole lines stroked through), and a rowing crew can have stroked a steady rate. Next to an engine, the same spelling is the engine-building adjective instead.

2. 2
   adjective

   Of a car engine, fitted with a replacement crankshaft that has a longer stroke than normal.

   Is the engine in that Mustang stock, or is it stroked?

   The shop builds stroked small-block V8s for weekend drag racers.

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