HANDSTROKES Synonyms

• a work produced by hand labor

• a work produced by hand labor

• English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)

• beautiful handwriting

• the act of creating written works

• the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

• (usually plural) the collected work of an author

• letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

• the activity of putting something in written form

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• a light touch or stroke

• a small quantity of something moist or liquid

• a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

• hit lightly

• to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil

• to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing

• motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

• the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

• something done as an indication of intention

• show, express or direct through movement

• A mark or trace left by a hand, including more than fingerprints.

• something written by hand

• the activity of writing by hand

• the line that appears to bound an object

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• draw up an outline or sketch for something

• trace the shape of

• poor handwriting

• an aimless drawing

• write down quickly without much attention to detail

• write carelessly

• your name written in your own handwriting

• a distinguishing style

• a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

• the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

• a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book

• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

• the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

• a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

• a light touch

• a light touch with the hands

• (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club

• the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush

• any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing

• a single complete movement

• touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions

• strike a ball with a smooth blow

• row at a particular rate

• treat gingerly or carefully

• a sweeping stroke or blow

• strike with a swiping motion

• make off with belongings of others

• the event of something coming in contact with the body

• the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

• a suggestion of some quality

• a distinguishing style

• the act of putting two things together with no space between them

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a communicative interaction

• a slight attack of illness

• the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• deftness in handling matters

• the feel of mechanical action

• make physical contact with, come in contact with

• perceive via the tactile sense

• affect emotionally

• be relevant to

• be in direct physical contact with; make contact

• have an effect upon

• deal with; usually used with a form of negation

• cause to be in brief contact with

• to extend as far as

• be equal to in quality or ability

• tamper with

• make a more or less disguised reference to

• comprehend

• consume

• color lightly

• the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline

• a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

• the discovery and description of the course of development of something