two-stroke

British

adjective

US and Canadian word: two-cycle. relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion Compare four-stroke

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The 23-year-old Thai began the final day with a two-stroke lead and went on to clinch the top prize at the Siam Country Club Old Course in the coastal resort Pattaya.

From Barron's

Bridgeman got in trouble at the eighth when his bunker blast landed short of the hole and rolled off the green, leading to his first bogey, but he parred No. 9 and made the turn with a two-stroke margin over McIlroy, Potgieter and Schauffele.

From Los Angeles Times

Akshay Bhatia birdied six of the first seven holes on the way to a four-under par 68 to seize a two-stroke lead after Saturday's third round of the PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

From Barron's

Davis Riley birdied four of his last seven holes on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the US PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii.

From Barron's

It has a 400-cubic-centimeter, two-stroke, two-cylinder engine tucked in the back, and a convertible roll top.

From The Wall Street Journal

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