Kick
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
Kick and stroke are semantically related in impact topic. Sometimes you can use "Kick" instead a noun "Stroke", if it concerns topics such as blow, shock, bang.
How words are described
| long | long kick | long stroke |
| single | single kick | single stroke |
| reverse | reverse kick | reverse stroke |
| powerful | powerful kick | powerful stroke |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, little, bad, horizontal, cruel, famous, major, final, further, extra, last, upward, swift, mighty, finishing, placed, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kick the Son of a Bitch: In "What Does the Bee Do", it might seem cruel to brutally and continually slap an 80 year old man who's suffered a stroke.
Source: Series / Boardwalk Empire -
First, Goku faces off barehanded against Yamcha's "Wolf Fang Fist." Later, capping off his match against Jackie Chun at the World Martial Arts Tournament (after a series of ridiculous events have already transpired such as blowing up the moon) Goku has a single stroke jump-kick faceoff with Chun.
Source: Single-Stroke Battle -
Game-Breaking Injury: Took an errant stiff kick from Goldberg, which led to all sorts of concussion-centric health issues (and possibly the stroke he suffered).
Source: Wrestling / Bret Hart
Cite this Source
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