noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
2. 2
   a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   to swim using this stroke
2. 2
   swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

backstrokebalneationbathebathingcrawldiving

Example

More examples

"I can do breaststroke but not backstroke."

Etymology

From breast + stroke.

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