noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The upward stroke of a pen, brush, piston, etc.
2. 2
   a stroke normally made in an upward direction wordnet

Antonyms

All antonyms

downstroke

Etymology

From up + stroke.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.