Usually means: Swimming stroke mimicking dog movements.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word dog paddle:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. dog-paddle, dog paddle: Merriam-Webster
  2. dog paddle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dog paddle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dog paddle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dog paddle: Vocabulary.com
  6. dog paddle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. dog-paddle, dog paddle: Wiktionary
  8. dog paddle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dog-paddle, dog paddle: Dictionary.com
  10. Dog paddle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dog paddle: Rhymezone
  12. dog paddle: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dog paddle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dog-paddle, dog paddle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. dog paddle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dog paddle: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dog paddle)

▸ noun:  A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.
▸ verb:  To swim in dog paddle style.

Similar:
doggy paddle, dogpaddle, paddle, dolphin kick, crawl, breaststroke, dolphin dive, swan dive, front crawl, back crawl, more...

Opposite:
freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly

Types:
breaststroke, crawl, backstroke, butterfly, more...

Adjectives:
doggy, dog-eat-dog, doglike, bow-wow, dalmatian, snoopy, canine, macho, canicular, bull, fawn

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Similar:
doggy paddle, dogpaddle, paddle, dolphin kick, crawl, breaststroke, dolphin dive, swan dive, front crawl, back crawl, more...

Opposite:
freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly

Types:
breaststroke, crawl, backstroke, butterfly, more...

Adjectives:
doggy, dog-eat-dog, doglike, bow-wow, dalmatian, snoopy, canine, macho, canicular, bull, fawn



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