synchronized swimming

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noun

a sport growing out of water ballet in which swimmers, in solo, duet, and team efforts, complete various required figures by performing motions in relatively stationary positions, along with a freestyle competition, with the contestants synchronizing movements to music and being judged for body position, control, and the degree of difficulty of the moves.

a swimming exercise or exhibition derived from the competitive sport.

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Origin of synchronized swimming

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby synchronized swimming

synchronism, synchronistic, synchronize, synchronized shifting, synchronized skating, synchronized swimming, synchronoscope, synchronous, synchronous converter, synchronous machine, Synchronous Meteorological Satellite

How to use synchronized swimming in a sentence

Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
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Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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Obviously, Dominic West can carry on swimming as much as he likes.
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His swimming led him back to meet the woman he had gently smiled at in the first episode.
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One of the three, Ralph Goodwin, is said to have drowned while swimming at a beach outside Havana.
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She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
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She spent much of her time in the water since she had acquired finally the art of swimming.
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Charles Lamb once, while riding in company with a lady, descried a party denuded for swimming a little way off.
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"I wonder if we couldn't fix up a regular swimming pool," he said, half to himself.
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My guide caught hold of me by the hand whenever we passed a dangerous spot, and dragged me, often half swimming, after him.
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British Dictionary definitions for synchronized swimming

synchronized swimming

noun

the art or sport of one or more swimmers moving in patterns in the water in time to musicSometimes shortened to: synchro, synchro swimming

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