stroke out

verb

To suffer a stroke (interruption of blood supply to the brain); especially, to suffer a fatal one.

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Meanings

verbstroke out (third-person singular simple present strokes out, present participle stroking out, simple past and past participle stroked out)

present singular third person strokes out · participle present stroking out · participle past stroked out · past stroked out

  1. colloquialTo suffer a stroke (interruption of blood supply to the brain); especially, to suffer a fatal one.

    A lesion that wasn't malignant and gooey, a patient that wasn't going to stroke out or wake up dead.

    1990, Steve Fishman, Bomb in the Brain, page 171
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APA

stroke out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroke%20out

MLA

“stroke out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroke%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stroke out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroke%20out.

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