backstroke
[ bak-strohk ]
/ ˈbækˌstroʊk /
noun
verb (used without object), back·stroked, back·strok·ing.
Swimming.
to swim the backstroke: She backstroked across the pool.
Words nearby backstroke
backstop,
backstory,
backstrap loom,
backstreet,
backstretch,
backstroke,
backstroker,
backswept,
backswimmer,
backswing,
backsword
Example sentences from the Web for backstroke
Watch her steal the show in the 100-meter backstroke Monday.
"C" some distance to right of point but on level with "E." The backstroke of the latter nearly touches the point.
The Die Varieties of the Nesbitt Series of United States Envelopes |Victor M. BertholdPreviously to this, the "backstroke" of the steamboat engine was either unknown or not generally known.
A backstroke of Gino's oar, however, soon brought the side of the arrested boat to a flight of steps.
The Bravo |J. Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for backstroke
backstroke
/ (ˈbækˌstrəʊk) /
noun
Also called: back crawl swimming
- a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm alternately and flipper movements of the feet
- (as modifier)the backstroke champion
a return stroke or blow
mainly US
a backhanded stroke
bell-ringing
the upward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings back and forth
Compare handstroke
verb
(intr)
to swim the backstroke