doggy paddle

British  

noun

1. a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his front, paddles his hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his legs up and down

---

verb

1. (intr) to swim using the doggy paddle

Example Sentences

Mr. Keneally said the robots are also capable of going underwater, and Ghost Robotics can craft software teaching it how to doggy paddle through water.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2022

Not that he has a particular stroke – he swims with a sort-of lopsided doggy paddle.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2016

“At some point I started doing like a doggy paddle, then a backstroke — I didn’t know what I was doing anymore.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2016

There was no reason to think his latest contest would be anything other than a cakewalk, especially when he heard his rival's chosen stroke was the doggy paddle.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014

The thing is, dogs have to do that ridiculous doggy paddle thing, so they can't be vicious and do that at the same time.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds