dead-stroke
English
Adjective
dead
-
stroke
(
not comparable
)
Making a
stroke
or
blow
without
recoiling
Synonym:
deadbeat
Derived terms
dead-stroke hammer
References
“
dead-stroke
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.