doggy paddle
Britishnoun
verb
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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
If you can flail, you can doggy paddle.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
Not that he has a particular stroke – he swims with a sort-of lopsided doggy paddle.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 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
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