swimming

American  

[swim-ing] / ˈswɪm ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that swims.

2. the skill or technique of a person who swims.

3. the sport of swimming.

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adjective

1. pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming.

2. used in or for swimming.

   swimming trunks.

3. immersed in or overflowing with water or some other liquid.

4. dizzy or giddy.

   a swimming head.

Other Word Forms

• nonswimming adjective
• swimmingness noun

Etymology

Origin of swimming

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English swimmende (adjective). See swim, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

"I speak to people who do Parkrun every week, and describe exactly the same kind of buzz as other people get from cold water swimming," she says.

From BBC

According to Monterey County Now, Fox was the co-founder of the Kelp Krawlers swimming group, and she was swimming with group members on Dec. 21 when she disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times

Cold health alerts and weather warnings were issued for parts of the UK on Christmas Day, forcing several annual open water swimming events to be cancelled.

From BBC

Olympic swimming great Ian Thorpe is entering the Sydney-Hobart race for the first time aboard LawConnect, which is aiming to be first across the finish line for a third straight year.

From Barron's

Among the newly public materials were images of Clinton swimming in a pool with Maxwell and sitting on a plane with a woman whose face is redacted.

From The Wall Street Journal