Dab
Dab noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: a bear can knock a man down with a simple dab of his paw
Stroke
Stroke noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: all it took was one hard stroke to knock the ball out of the tree
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| little | little dab | little stroke |
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