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full stroke
adverb as in full throttle
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Example Sentences
From under the suspicious-looking coat was drawn a broad assegai, and he whipped round barely in time to avoid its full stroke.
In starting the locomotive the valve is set to make a full stroke.
I knew that we hadn't—so to say—coals for one boiler while we had forty engines in full stroke; but I could n't get away.
The tough trunk of a young spruce would have been broken as quickly under that terrible, blasting full-stroke of a grizzly.
From this height he could make out her body beneath the surface swimming a full stroke straight for the far end of the tank.
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to full stroke, such as: all-out, flat out, full steam, full tilt, maximum speed, and top speed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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