UPSTROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upstroke mean? 

• UPSTROKE (noun)
  The noun UPSTROKE has 1 sense:

1. a stroke normally made in an upward direction

  Familiarity information: UPSTROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPSTROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stroke normally made in an upward direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("upstroke" is a kind of...):

stroke (a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush)