# stroking

Pronunciation: say "STROH-king" US /ˈstɹoʊkɪŋ/, UK /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of stroke. — present participle and gerund of stroke
   - Simple: The -ing form of stroke. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The crew was stroking a steady thirty-two as it passed the boathouse._
   - _She spent the afternoon stroking putts on the practice green._

## Noun

2. The act of making strokes, or of giving someone or something a stroke.
   - Simple: The act of making strokes or giving a stroke, as with a hand or a brush.
   - _A little gentle stroking soon calmed the frightened puppy._
   - _The painter's quick, confident stroking of the brush gave the sky its texture._
3. In sewing, the process of arranging small pleated gathers in cloth so that they lie in even, regular order.
   - Simple: Folding cloth into many small gathers that sit in a neat, regular order.
   - _Careful stroking gave the smocked bodice its neat rows of tiny gathers._
   - _The seamstress finished the stroking before she sewed the waistband to the skirt._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stroking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).