backstroke
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backstroke
- /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ US
Where it comes from
From back + stroke.
noun backstrokes
- A backhanded stroke or blow. He observed that Cid Ruy-dias was an excellent knight; but not equal to the Lord of the Flaming-sword, who with one back-stroke [translating revés] had cut two fierce and monstrous giants through the middle.
- A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards. Near-synonym: back crawl
- The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle.
verb backstrokes · backstroking · backstroked
- To hit with a backstroke.
- To swim the backstroke.
