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backstroke
/ ˈbækˌstrəʊk /
noun
- Also calledback crawl swimming
- a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm alternately and flipper movements of the feet
- ( as modifier )
the backstroke champion
- a return stroke or blow
- a backhanded stroke
- See handstrokeLeisure:Bell-ringing the upward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings back and forth Compare handstroke
verb
- intr to swim the backstroke
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Word History and Origins
Origin of backstroke1
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Example Sentences
Watch her steal the show in the 100-meter backstroke Monday.
A backstroke of Gino's oar, however, soon brought the side of the arrested boat to a flight of steps.
Previously to this, the "backstroke" of the steamboat engine was either unknown or not generally known.
"C" some distance to right of point but on level with "E." The backstroke of the latter nearly touches the point.
After this desperate backstroke, as Warburton justly calls it, Macbeth engages in another combat equally sanguinary.
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