understroke

English

Etymology

under- +‎ stroke

Pronunciation

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(verb) IPA^(key): /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

understroke (plural understrokes)

A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

Verb

understroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)

(transitive) To underline or underscore.
- 1733 March 20, Jonathan Swift, letter to Catherine Hyde
  You have understroked that offensive word, to show it should be printed in italic.

Adjective

understroke (not comparable)

Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter.
Coordinate term: frontstroke
- 2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics
  Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.