understroke

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English

Etymology

under- +‎ stroke

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/
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  • (verb) IPA(key): /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/
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Noun

understroke (plural understrokes)

  1. A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

Verb

understroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)

  1. (transitive) To underline or underscore.

Adjective

understroke (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter.
    Coordinate term: frontstroke
    • 2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics:
      Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.
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