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backstroke
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backstroke
(noun)
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backstroke
/
ˈ
bækˌstroʊk/
noun
backstroke
/
ˈ
bækˌstroʊk/
noun
Learner's definition of BACKSTROKE
[
singular
]
:
a way of swimming in which a person floats in the water facing upward while kicking the legs and rotating the arms
She got into the pool and began to do the
backstroke
.
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a race in which the swimmers do the backstroke
She won the 50-meter
backstroke
.
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