understroke

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/ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk//ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/

noun

A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

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Meanings

noununderstroke (plural understrokes)

plural understrokes

  1. A lower or underlining stroke in writing.
verbunderstroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)

present singular third person understrokes · participle present understroking · participle past understroked · past understroked

  1. transitiveTo underline or underscore.

    You have understroked that offensive word, to show it should be printed in italic.

    1733 March 20, letter to Catherine Hyde, Jonathan Swift
adjectiveunderstroke (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeing or relating to an upstrike typewriter.

    Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.

    2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics

Origin

From under- + stroke.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“understroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understroke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “understroke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understroke.

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