backstroke

the backstroke

English

Etymology

back +‎ stroke

Pronunciation

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Noun

backstroke (plural backstrokes)

1. A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
2. (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)

Synonyms

• back crawl

Related terms

• breaststroke
• butterfly stroke
• sidestroke

Translations

a swimming stroke swum on one's back

• Bulgarian: гръб (bg) (grǎb) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仰泳 (cmn) (yǎngyǒng)

• Dutch: rugslag (nl) m
• Finnish: selkäuinti (fi)
• French: dos crawlé (fr) m, dos (fr) m

• German: Rückenschwimmen (de) n, Rückenkraulen (de) n
• Hungarian: hátúszás (hu)
• Japanese: 背泳 (ja) (はいえい, haiei)
• Maori: kau tīraha (mi)
• Russian: плавание на спине (ru) (plávanije na spiné) n
• Spanish: dorso (es) m, estilo espalda (es) m
• Swedish: ryggsim (sv) n

Verb

backstroke (third-person singular simple present backstrokes, present participle backstroking, simple past and past participle backstroked)

1. To swim the backstroke.

See also

• front crawl
• freestyle
• medley
• Trudgen