frog kick

American  

noun

Swimming.

1. a type of kick in which the legs are bent at the knees, extended outward, and then brought together forcefully.

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frog kick British  

noun

1. a type of kick used in swimming, as in the breast stroke, in which the legs are simultaneously drawn towards the body and bent at the knees with the feet together, straightened out with the legs apart, and then brought together again quickly

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Etymology

Origin of frog kick

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Before long, Armbruster had encouraged all of his swimmers to use it in place of the breaststroke’s traditional frog kick.

From The New Yorker

Thornton has worked with Prenot, a senior majoring in physics who swims for Cal, to alter his breaststroke’s traditional frog kick.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both animals used a leg movement similar to the breaststroke "frog kick", according to a report in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

From Children's BBC