Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A swimming stroke performed on one's back, especially one using alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
- noun A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
- noun A backhanded stroke or motion.
- noun A stroke or motion in the direction of an original starting point.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blow or stroke in return.
- noun A backhanded stroke; a back-hander.
- noun In telegraphy, the return-stroke of the lever in a telegraph-sounder.
- noun Diastolic impulse of the heart, a faint beat occurring as the blood enters the ventricles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back. It is usually executed with backward-moving circular arm strokes and a flutter kick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
swimming stroke swum lying on one'sback , while rotating botharms through the water as topropel the swimmerbackwards . - noun The
pull on thetail of therope that swings thebell through a full circle (comparehandstroke ) - verb To
swim the backstroke.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb swim on one's back
- noun a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It's a good confidence booster to know that the backstroke is there," Phelps said.
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In each, Ogawa deploys an precise style that maintains an eerie distance between the narrator and event, her words clinical and charged with meaning, always leading with a slow build that concludes with a twist – although backstroke is probably more apt.
Yoko Ogawa 2008
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In each, Ogawa deploys an precise style that maintains an eerie distance between the narrator and event, her words clinical and charged with meaning, always leading with a slow build that concludes with a twist – although backstroke is probably more apt.
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The performances churned chatter about the Spitz standard, and Thorpe fed it by testing himself in backstroke and IM events.
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Lenny Krayzelburg, the American who holds the world record of 24.99 in the 50 backstroke, is recovering from shoulder surgery and is not competing.
USATODAY.com - Crocker sets world record in 100-meter butterfly 2003
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I trusted she knew what she was doing even when she weaved between the couples doing what I could only call the backstroke, but out of water.
Archive 2006-10-01 Jay 2006
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His time of 1 minute, 1.52 seconds in the backstroke was a state qualifying mark.
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"The backstroke is my best stroke, but the 100-yard isn't my best event," said Dempsey, who also finished 10th in the 200 individual medley (in 1: 58.53) at state this year.
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Wyomissing sophomore Katie Duggan is eighth in the 100 backstroke, which is where she finished last year.
Berks county news 2009
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Her time in the backstroke was a new state-qualifying mark.
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