| artichoke | (noun) a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart | Synonyms: globe artichoke |
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| (noun) Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head | Synonyms: artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus, globe artichoke |
| backstroke | (noun) a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back | - |
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| bloke | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
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| breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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| choke | (noun) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine | - |
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| (noun) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current | Synonyms: choke coil, choking coil |
| coke | (noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: blow, C, nose candy, snow |
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| (noun) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal | - |
| cowpoke | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowpuncher, puncher |
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| downstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in a downward direction | - |
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| heatstroke | (noun) collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat | Synonyms: heat hyperpyrexia |
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| instroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft | - |
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| joke | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, prank, put-on, trick |
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| (noun) activity characterized by good humor | Synonyms: jest, jocularity |
| (noun) a triviality not to be taken seriously | - |
| (noun) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter | Synonyms: gag, jape, jest, laugh |
| karaoke | (noun) singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs) | - |
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| keystroke | (noun) the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard | Synonyms: key stroke |
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| masterstroke | (noun) an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery | - |
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| moke | (noun) British informal for donkey | - |
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| outstroke | (noun) the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft | - |
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| poke | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, punch, slug |
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| (noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting |
| (noun) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases | Synonyms: carrier bag, paper bag, sack |
| (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer |
| (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: garget, Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, scoke |
| revoke | (noun) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | Synonyms: renege |
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| scoke | (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: garget, Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke |
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| semicoke | (noun) Semicoke is a solid residue obtained by carbonization of coal at a relatively low temperature (below 700° C). | - |
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| sidestroke | (noun) a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick | - |
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| slowpoke | (noun) someone who moves slowly | Synonyms: plodder, slowcoach, stick-in-the-mud |
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| smoke | (noun) the act of smoking tobacco or other substances | Synonyms: smoking |
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| (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, fastball, heater, hummer |
| (noun) tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder | Synonyms: roll of tobacco |
| (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, weed |
| (noun) something with no concrete substance | - |
| (noun) an indication of some hidden activity | - |
| (noun) a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas | Synonyms: fume |
| (noun) a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | Synonyms: smoking |
| spoke | (noun) support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim | Synonyms: radius, wheel spoke |
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| (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rundle, rung |
| stroke | (noun) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | Synonyms: shot |
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| (noun) a light touch with the hands | Synonyms: stroking |
| (noun) a single complete movement | - |
| (noun) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | - |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule |
| (noun) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush | - |
| (noun) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | Synonyms: cam stroke, throw |
| (noun) a light touch | - |
| (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, fortuity |
| (noun) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew | - |
| (noun) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club | - |
| (noun) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | Synonyms: apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA |
| sunchoke | (noun) sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips | Synonyms: Jerusalem artichoke |
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| sunstroke | (noun) sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | Synonyms: insolation, siriasis, thermic fever |
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| toke | (noun) a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette | - |
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| upstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in an upward direction | - |
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| yoke | (noun) stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team | - |
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| (noun) fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment | - |
| (noun) a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together | Synonyms: coupling |
| (noun) support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end | - |
| (noun) a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke | - |
| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome |
| (noun) an oppressive power | - |