1. stroking - Noun
2. stroking - Verb
The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.
The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
See Stripping, 2.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt was wonderful, a stunning happy ending to what began as just another tragic rock & roll story, as if Bob Dylan had been arrested in Miami for jacking off in a seedy little XXX theater while stroking the spine of a fat young boy. Hunter S. Thompson
He was still stroking the inside of her wrist, his touch doing odd delicious things to her skin and nerves. Cassandra Clare
Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair. "No," she answered. "I know you by heart. You are inside my heart. Frances Hodgson Burnett
Of course I deserve it,” I said, stroking Mojo. "That's the simplest thing about dealing with me, apparently. I always deserve the worst! The worst disloyalty, the worst betrayal, the worst abandonment! Lestat the scoundrel. Well, they have left this scoundrel entirely on his own. Anne Rice
I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego. Lou Reed
Mary: You can read? Pocket: I was raised in a nunnery, wench. I'm a walking library of learning bound in comely leather, suitable for stroking at your service, should you fancy a bit of culture to go with your lack of breeding...or vice verse of course. Christopher Moore (author)