(n)stroke, shot(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand“it took two strokes to get out of the bunker”, “a good shot requires good balance and tempo”, “he left me an almost impossible shot”
(n)stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVAa sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
(n)accident, stroke, fortuity, chance eventanything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause“winning the lottery was a happy accident”, “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”, “it was due to an accident or fortuity”
