Crossword clues for upstroke
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upstroke \Up"stroke`\, n. An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.
Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega.
--Mrs.
Browning.
Wiktionary
n. the upward stroke of a brush, piston etc
WordNet
n. a stroke normally made in an upward direction
Usage examples of "upstroke".
Marks was holding a mug of beer to his Teammates lips, so he could swallow at least some of the spilling brew on the upstroke of his exercise.
Scientists have tethered birds in wind tunnels, photographed them with high-speed motion picture cameras, and found that on the upstroke, wings rotate back and up, with the leading edge on top and wingtip feathers open to decrease airflow resistance.
Eliathanis, polishing his silvery elf-sword with slow, methodical strokes, light glinting off the blade with each upstroke, was almost as silent, though he kept shooting wary, hostile glances at the Dark Elf.
The chorus responded at the upstroke, and she experienced a curious sense of power as she realized that these voices were hers to direct.
Not only had innumerable experts looked through their microscopes at the upstrokes and downstrokes of his blotted words, but millions searched daily for his name in the headlines of their morning papers.
Okura Shuko Kan had captured, every stroke combining several avian motions, primary feathers turning with upstrokes, the whole framework contracting and expanding.
But it was his rhythm that veered quite a bit from mine - his upstrokes were quick and violent, his downstrokes smooth and long, as if he were literally trying to massage that come right out of his balls like a clogged garden hose.
She drew more lines—dots and dashes, downstrokes and upstrokes, bends and hooks.
A vicious sidearmed upstroke opened the dark-skinned back on Cormac’s right, from hip to shoulder.