stroking

Questions about stroking

What does stroking mean?

stroking means "a light touch with the hands".

How many syllables are in stroking?

stroking has 2 syllables: stro-king. The stress falls on "stro". In IPA it is /ˈstɹoʊkɪŋ/.

What is another word for stroking?

Close synonyms include stroke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stroking a common word?

stroking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for stroking come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.