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backstroke

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a way of swimming in which you lie on your back and move one arm and then the other straight behind you so that they pass the sides of your head, while kicking with your legs:

Examples:

Can you do backstroke?
2
a way of swimming while lying on your back:

Examples:

She was a bronze medalist in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2000 Sydney Games.

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