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Noun

water sport - sports that involve bodies of water

aquatics

swim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

surfboarding, surfing, surfriding - the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

water-skiing - skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat

athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

fin - propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

paddle - swim like a dog in shallow water

crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

breaststroke - swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg

backstroke - swim on one's back

dive - plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"

belly-flop - dive so that one hits the water with one's belly

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