Home New English–Irish Dictionary » NEID »
Search for a word in Irish or English.
Similar words: stoke · strake · strike · strobe · stoker
Start A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
New English–Irish Dictionary has an entry for stroke »
EXACT MATCHES IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
stroke1, s. 1 Buille m. To receive twenty strokes, fiche buille a fháil. To fell a tree at a stroke, crann a leagan d'aon iarracht amháin. Finishing stroke, buille scoir. 2 a Buille (rámha). Bill: etc: Whose stroke is it? cé leis an imirt? Row: To lengthen the stroke, buille níos faide a tharraingt. Keep stroke! coinnígí le chéimí b Swim: Bang m, oscar m, buille m. S.a. BACK-STROKE 3, BREAST-STROKE, OVERARM. c Mec.E: Buille. Two-stroke engine, inneall débhuilleach. d He hasn't done a stroke of work since, ní dhearna sé buille maitheasa ó shin. e A stroke of good luck, beangán m, sciorta m, den ádh. A good stroke of business, beart maith gnó. 3 Buille (cloig). On the stroke of nine, ar bhuille a naoi. To arrive on the stroke (of time), teacht ar an spriocuair. 4 Stroke of apoplexy, stróc m. F: To have a stroke, stróc a fháil. 5 Stríoc f (pinn, etc.). Typ: Thin stroke, caol-líne f (litreach). Thick stroke, tiúlíne f. With a stroke of the pen, le scríob den pheann. 6 Row: a (Pers.) Fear an bhuille. b To row stroke, an buille a thabhairt.
stroke2, v.tr. To stroke a boat, an buille a thabhairt d'fhoireann.
stroke3, s. Cuimilt bhoise, slíocadh m boise.
stroke4, v.tr. Slíocaim, bláthnaím, cuimlím (ceann, gruaig, etc.). To stroke s.o. the wrong way, teacht ar dhuine in éadan an tsnáithe, in aghaidh stuif. To stroke s.o. down, (i) duine a mhealladh chun suaimhnis; (ii) bheith ag cuimilt bhoise le duine.
PHRASES IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
To stroke a cat backwards, cat a chuimilt in aghaidh stuif.
Bold stroke, cleas misniúil.
Four-stroke cycle, timthriall ceithre bhuille.
Exhaust stroke, sceithbhuille m.
I.C.E: Explosion stroke, buille pléisce.
Forehand stroke, tulbhuille m.
Length of stroke, raon m (loine, etc.).
Bit, piece, stroke, of luck, sciorta m den ádh.
I.C.E: Four-stroke, two-stroke motor, mótar ceathairbhuilleach, débhuilleach.
Swim: Overarm stroke, bang m os cionn láimhe.
Paralytic stroke, stróc m pairiliseach.
Stroke of the pen, scríob den pheann.
Return stroke (of piston), athbhuille m.
(Of piston) Reverse stroke, frithbhuille m.
To row a fast stroke, buille tapaidh a tharraingt.
Row: To set the stroke, an buille a thabhairt.
To swim a stroke, bang a shnámh.
F: He can't swim a stroke, níl snámh ar bith aige.
Thick stroke, tiúlíne f.
Typ: Thin stroke, caol-líne f.
Well-timed stroke, buille in uain, i dtráth, buille ionúil.
Trudgen (stroke), bang m truistin.
The winning stroke, an buille buach.
About this website | How to use this website | Feedback | Accessibility | Plugins and widgets | Website App | Grammar Wizard | News