Stroke can mean:
- A single movement with a tool
- A single act of striking with a weapon
- Sunstroke
- In medicine, a cerebral accident or cerebrovascular accident
- In writing, a single line without any break such as stroke in graphics or Chinese characters
- In rowing, the movement of an oar or paddle through water
- In a steam, Otto or Diesel piston engine, the total up or down distance moved by any one piston during its cycle