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The front crawl swimming stroke.
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A style of swimming using the backstroke.
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(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.
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alternative form of belly flop [(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.]
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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
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(slang) A rubber eraser.
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(skiing) Easy or unchallenging.
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(swimming) The butterfly stroke.
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(swimming) The kicking motion associated with the butterfly stroke.
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(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
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A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
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(swimming) A floating position in which the swimmer lies face down on the water with the arms extended forward and the legs behind them.
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To swim using the dog paddle stroke.
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(swimming) The downward motion of a swimmer's arm.
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(swimming) A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.
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A swimming action resembling the leg part of the breaststroke, sometimes used to avoid disturbing sediment which can obscure vision in the water.
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A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes.
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(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm inward, towards the body.
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A technique used to sample benthic invertebrates in a stream, etc., where a net is held underwater and the surrounding substrate disturbed by kicking.
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(swimming) The motion of a swimmer's arm outward, away from the body.
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(dated) A style of swimming of extending the arms alternatively
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(diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
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(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
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A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
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(intransitive) To move in a slalom-like manner.
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(swimming) A fifty-metre freestyle swimming event.
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(swimming) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.
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A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.
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A lengthwise division of a swimming pool or other swimming arena.
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(historical, rare) A nonviolent protester who participates in a swim-in.
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Alternative form of swim-off [(swimming) A special swimming race in which the winner gets to compete in the next level of trials (typically the finals), where the competitors have not qualified for the next level by the usual elimination races.]
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To remain afloat in the water without use of any buoyancy aid, by using kicking motions and hand motions.
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(swimming) A swimming stroke in which the left and right hands are alternately raised out of the water, brought forward and drawn back through the water. A scissor kick is performed on every second stroke.
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(swimming) Synonym of trudgen (“type of swimming stroke”)
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