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Definition: MASTER STROKE |
MASTER STROKE1. A capital performance; a masterly achievement; a consummate action; as, a master stroke of policy. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Plan | Measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea. |
Success | Trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit; (acquisition). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fairy fellers master stroke | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MASTER STROKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëvizje prej mjeshtri, arritje mjeshtore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عمل أستاذي, ضربة معلم, خطوة نبوغية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, immense, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podařený kousek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coup magistral, coup de maître. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | meisterstück (masterpiece), glanzstück. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צע" 'או י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mesterfogás (knack, master-stroke), ügyes sakkhúzás (master-stroke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ard-vuilley. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astermay okestray golpe de mestre. (various references) loviturã de maestru, loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust). (various references) мастерской ход, ловкий ход. (various references) majstorski potez (masterstroke). (various references) genidrag (master-stroke). (various references) ustaca iş, usta işi (workmanship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: masterstroke. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-m-o-r-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: rotameters, smatterers. | |
-3 letters: keratoses, marketers, remarkets, remasters, rotameter, smatterer, streakers, streamers, teamsters, tetramers. | |
-4 letters: armrests, asserter, assertor, assorter, estreats, keratose, maestros, marketer, masseter, mattress, meerkats, oratress, ostmarks, rearmost, reassert, reassort, remakers, remarket, remaster, remorses, remotest, restarts, restates, restokes, restores, retakers, retastes, retreats, roasters, rosettes, rostrate, seamster, serrates, smartest, smatters, smearers, somerset, starkers, starkest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-m-o-r-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: masterstrokes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Expressions: Internet 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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