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  • 1. stroking
  • Rhymes with Stroking
  • Stroking in a sentence
  • Quotes about Stroking
Table of Contents
  • 1. stroking
  • Rhymes with Stroking
  • Stroking in a sentence
  • Quotes about Stroking
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1. stroking

noun. ['ˈstroʊkɪŋ'] a light touch with the hands.

Synonyms

  • caress
  • stroke
  • touch

Antonyms

  • disparage
  • stifle
  • diverge
  • miss

Rhymes with Stroking

  • antismoking
  • nonsmoking
  • non-smoking
  • provoking
  • revoking
  • invoking
  • stoking
  • smoking
  • evoking
  • croaking
  • cloaking
  • broking
  • soaking
  • poking
  • joking
  • coking
  • choking

Sentences with stroking


1. Verb, gerund or present participle
Help this anxiety by petting and stroking her, and giving her love and attention.

2. Noun, singular or mass
The stroking causes some of them to point in one direction.

Quotes about stroking


1. Want to play baseball?’” she asked. Shane’s eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. “What?’” “First base,’” she said. “You’re already there.’” “I’m not running the bases.’” “Well, you could at least steal second.’” “Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you’ve gone and ruined it.
- Rachel Caine, The Dead Girls' Dance

2. Male egos require constant stroking. Every task is an achievement, every success epic. That is why women cook, but men are chefs: we make cheese on toast, they produce pain de fromage.
- Belle de Jour, The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl

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