upstroke
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌstroʊk/
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movimiento ascendente
- That event could jerk him back; the dazzled rope of lightning against the cloud is not the downward bolt but the compelled upstroke through the heated ether.
Is that an upstroke or a down stroke changes sort of the wrist angle, which changes the mute and we put a fire breathing guitar sound, right.
- Is that an upstroke or a down stroke changes sort of the wrist angle, which changes the mute and we put a fire breathing guitar sound, right.
Examples
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Shelton happened to catch Supernova 1987A on the upstroke, giving observers a rare opportunity because the explosion took mere days to rise to peak brightness.
Academic text (2004) -
She played that upstroke-downstroke kind of rhythm... where you don't need the drum.
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Just like the wing of a bird, the fluke causes lift on both the upstroke and the downstroke.
Academic text (2001) -
Is that an upstroke or a down stroke changes sort of the wrist angle, which changes the mute and we put a fire breathing guitar sound, right.
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He notes, "If schoolboys were indeed taught to use them upstrokes, almost all of them soon forgot their teaching." 57
Academic text (2016) -
Delivery of the PCA dose on the upstroke of the button is an important safety factor; if the child falls asleep on the dose-activator button, doses will not continue to be delivered.
Academic text (2003) -
Topic one is the downstroke-upstroke lines attached to the beginnings of the "m" of "By me" and the "W" of "William" on the last page of the will, and to the beginnings of these and other letters in Addition IIc.
Academic text (2016) -
Oddly, he mentions but gives no reason for omitting the small number of ws that have both downstrokes and upstrokes.
Academic text (2016) -
We will be seeing the Nini logo, a big N with NI on each upstroke, reminiscent of a mountain silhouette, being worn by women skiers on our slopes and, as time goes by, perhaps worldwide. "I met your nemesis today," Andy said, "the lady herself."
Fiction book (1993) -
During the calligraphy lesson, the instructor emphasized that an elegant upstroke is essential for creating beautiful letters.
Synonyms
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5.7
A curved shape that rises, like a hairstyle or roof
An upward movement of the bow from tip toward the hand when playing violin or cello
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word upstroke is simply up + stroke, and stroke means 'a single movement', as in a brush stroke or a pen stroke. So an upstroke is the movement made upward, for example when you move your pen up or strum a guitar upward to make a softer sound.