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backstroke

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back·stroke  (bkstrk)
n.
1. Sports
a. A swimming stroke performed on one's back, especially one using alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
b. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
2. A backhanded stroke or motion.
3. A stroke or motion in the direction of an original starting point: a saw that cuts on the backstroke.

backstroke v.
backstroker n.

backstroke
Noun
Swimming a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.backstrokebackstroke - a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
swimming stroke - a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward
flutter kick - a swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees
Verb1.backstrokebackstroke - swim on one's back                  
aquatics, water sport - sports that involve bodies of water
swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
Translations
backstroke [ˈbækstrəuk] nespalda
backstroke [ˈbækstrəuk] back ndos crawlé
backstroke [ˈbækstrəuk] nRückenschwimmen nt
backstroke [ˈbækstrəuk] nnuoto sul dorso


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By God your worship should read what I have read of Felixmarte of Hircania, how with one single backstroke he cleft five giants asunder through the middle as if they had been made of bean-pods like the little friars the children make; and another time he attacked a very great and powerful army, in which there were more than a million six hundred thousand soldiers, all armed from head to foot, and he routed them all as if they had been flocks of sheep.
 
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