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Dog paddle

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.

    "The self-taught small boy usually begins with the so-called “dog-paddle.” There his instinct is thoroughly right, and the method is especially valuable for children too young to do much formal practicing. Dog-paddle is the most natural of all strokes, and therefore the easiest of all to learn."

  2. 2
    an elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To swim in dog paddle style.

    "He pretended that an alligator was behind him and swam desperately. He passed one spot and then, laboriously, another, dog-paddling."

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