two-stroke
adjective
relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosionUS and Canadian word: two-cycle Compare four-stroke
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- two-stroke cycle,
- two-suiter,
- two-tailed,
- two-tailed pasha,
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Examples from the Web for two-stroke
This style of motorcycle has a smaller motor, which is usually of the two-stroke type, single cylinder.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|VariousA 3-cylinder two-stroke cycle engine therefore has the same capacity to do work as a 6-cylinder four-stroke cycle engine.
The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928|Robert B. Meyer