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Aquatic athlete
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swimmer
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Word definitions for swimmer in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., agent noun from swim (v.).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Swimmer is an arcade game developed in 1982 by Tehkan (now known as Tecmo ) and published by Centuri . The comic gameplay involves swimming up a river while avoiding logs and various marine life. The player collects fruit to score points and power up to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swimmer \Swim"mer\, n. One who swims. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse. (Zo["o]l.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores. Little swimmer (Zo["o]l.), a phalarope.
Usage examples of swimmer.
The hardier swimmers, with Paul, struck out for the abutment on the pier in their usual way and poor Michael was left alone.
He and his agemates had hunted in the sea for tasty mirrat, small finned swimmers which only migrated through the area at that time of the orbital cycle.
More courageous than she is, I told her that you were a good swimmer, but I could not allay her anxiety, and she went to bed with a feverish chill.
First Councillor had altered his exoskeletal posture, skimming over to them like a swimmer.
It was necessary, however, first to allow them to land, for with their close, short hair, and their fusiform conformation, being excellent swimmers, it is difficult to catch them in the sea, while on land their short, webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow, waddling movement.
Hes smart and figers out all kinds of things so he can have a house and food and hes a good swimmer.
The sight of two strong gondoliers made me get into the gondola without anxiety, and we left the shore without being much disturbed by the wind, but when we had gone beyond the island, the storm attacked us with such fury that I thought myself lost, for, although a good swimmer, I was not sure I had strength enough to resist the violence of the waves and swim to the shore.
Punishment--Lord Baltimore--Naples--Sara Goudar-- Departure of Betty--Agatha--Medina--Albergoni--Miss Chudleigh--The Prince of Francavilla--The Swimmers As I fell over the Englishman I had struck my hand against a nail, and the fourth finger of my left hand was bleeding as if a vein had been opened.
Mike realized that there was now no relative current to sweep a swimmer away, and wondered whether Keo had thought about that problem when the sea anchor would be back in place.
On that rock the line of the lariat caught, hooking the swimmers sharply in toward the bank.
In its most refined form, persistent sync can be spectacular, as in the kickline of the Rockettes or the matched movements of synchronized swimmers.
This had begun ostentatiously as private swimming lessons, all three males being good swimmers, but as the hours passed the two men and one boy arrived each at his own sandy hollow in the rocks to which trickles of women and girls continually passed.
On the other hand, he was a good swimmer and did not fear the three-foot dwarf crocodiles found in Moru Marsh.
Though he could outswim the best swimmers, it was manifestly impossible for any one to make headway for a mile of distance against the rapidly flowing underground river.
He struck out overarm for, unlike most of his fellows, he was a strong swimmer.