Smack person sticking his oar in (6)

I believe the answer is:
stroke
'smack' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stroke that I've seen before include "butterfly?" , "Blow ?- single movement" , "Medical seizure - effect of sun - oarsman" , "Pet" , "row" .)
