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sidestroke

[ sahyd-strohk ]

noun

  1. a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.


verb (used without object)

sidestroked, sidestroking.
  1. to swim the sidestroke.

sidestroke

/ ˈɪˌٰəʊ /

noun

  1. a type of swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies sideways in the water paddling with his arms and making a scissors kick with his legs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sidestroke1

First recorded in 1750–60; side 1 + stroke 1
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Example Sentences

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But as he’s perfected what he calls a double-arm pull and a modified sidestroke, he’s toughened up all over.

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During these past several months, Teddy’s sidestroke performance makes me laugh several times daily.

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He was the lifeguard; she, the big-eyed beauty with long dark hair and a mean sidestroke.

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First they raced freestyle, then backstroke, breaststroke, and sidestroke.

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He was summoned to see the president — not in the Oval Office, but in the White House swimming pool, where he found the commander in chief doing a leisurely sidestroke — naked.

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