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A swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
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backstroke
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A similar best ever 2.57.68 saw Jonathan Sayer fourth in the 200 backstroke . ▪ In the water he started out on a fast crawl, then switched to a slower backstroke . ▪ Martin won the 13 years 100 metre backstroke by one hundredth ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards. 2 (context bellringing English) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
backstroke \back"stroke`\ n. 1. a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back. It is usually executed with backward-moving circular arm strokes and a flutter kick.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Backstroke is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA , and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only competition ...
WordNet
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v. swim on one's back
Usage examples of backstroke.
We will be working on four strokes-breaststroke, sidestroke, backstroke, and freestyle.
I could do a passa6reestyle and sidestroke, the backstroke was easy, but I could not master the breaststroke.
Her head went back, all the way back, and she backstroked the length of the pool.
Surfacing, she backstroked, staring at the puffy wisps of white in the darkening blue sky.
Your transcript should be prepared so it will direct your mind to do for you what you want it to do, whether it be for overcoming an illness or improving your backstroke on the tennis court.
Marissa started to swim a sort of backstroke toward the opening of the channel, keeping Wendy in sight at all times.
I swam in English, a relaxed backstroke, but stood up to my hips in French.
Clumsily he rolled to his back and began a one-sided backstroke, not stopping until he was well away from the glare of the burning boat.
His motion was stopped on the backstroke by a scream -a woman's shriek so sudden and so terrible that it sent reptiles cawing up in startlement from their high perches on the overlooking keep.
Gold wingtips showed above the outer wall of the Court and the wind from her backstrokes flung up dust, dirt and the skirts of the ladies nearest the Gate.
Gold wingtips showed above the outer wall of the Court and the wind from her backstrokes flung up dust, dirt and the skirts of the ladies nearest the Gate.
Mnementh landed with sweeping backstrokes that flattened the thick meadow grass.
That is the Martian idea of sarcasm: whenever the atmosphere is thicker than they like they make sinuous backstrokes and declaim, "I could swim!
The darkness streaked the ugly swell of racing water, which carried him half a mile downstream before his backstrokes finally brought him to the shelter of the shallows.
But in spite of this, Don Quixote did not leave off discharging a continuous rain of cuts, slashes, downstrokes, and backstrokes, and at length, in less than the space of two credos, he brought the whole show to the ground, with all its fittings and figures shivered and knocked to pieces, King Marsilio badly wounded, and the Emperor Charlemagne with his crown and head split in two.