downstroke
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- noun
- /ˈdaʊnˌstroʊk/
- Specialized
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- In cycling, making a smooth downstroke will help you gain speed and efficiency on flat terrain.
- downstroke and upstroke
So right there, that shows you how much faster it is because then your thumb is just doing half the notes and I'm just doing downstrokes on it.
- So right there, that shows you how much faster it is because then your thumb is just doing half the notes and I'm just doing downstrokes on it.
Examples
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She was pumping the rod, then cranking on the downstroke.
Fiction book (2002) -
She pumped and cranked on the downstroke.
Fiction book (2002) -
Easy on the downstroke, David, the paint will run.
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You gotta compensate with your downstroke.
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Beltar side-rolled to one knee as best he could, using Black Death to parry the downstroke.
Blog text (23) -
The crank compressing time like some divine piston... ...on its awesome downstroke.
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She switches to standard push-ups, her face disappearing into the ooze with every downstroke.
Fiction book (1997) -
Their old man had lost three-quarters of his left hand to the downstroke of a hydraulic fence-post driver a while before, but that hadn't left anything much to reattach.
Fiction book (1998) -
When writing in cursive, remember to apply more pressure on the downstroke for better letter formation.
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The musician emphasized the downstroke to create a powerful rhythm in his performance.
Synonyms
A bow movement from the part near your hand toward the tip when playing a string instrument
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Downstroke is made of down and stroke, where down means 'toward a lower place' and stroke means 'a movement or hit'. So a downstroke is simply a movement made downward, like a bold pen stroke, a guitar strum, or a machine arm moving down.