noun
Meaning 1
A backhanded stroke or blow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
backstroke
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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US: /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/
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noun
Meaning 2
A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming
Examples
- Near-synonym: back crawl
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: back crawl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stroke
noun
Meaning 3
The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To hit with a backstroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To swim the backstroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming
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noun
Meaning 6
a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swimming stroke
verb
Meaning 7
swim on one's back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swim
History
Etymology
From back + stroke.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гръб (grǎb) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Chinese Cantonese: 背泳 — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Chinese Mandarin: 仰泳 (yǎngyǒng) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Chinese Mandarin: 背泳 (bèiyǒng) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Dutch: rugslag — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Finnish: selkäuinti — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- French: dos crawlé — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- French: dos — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- German: Rückenschwimmen — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- German: Rückenkraulen — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Hungarian: hátúszás — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Japanese: 背泳 (haiei) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Korean: 배영 (baeyeong) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Māori: kau tīraha — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Māori: kauhoe tīraha — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Polish: styl grzbietowy — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Portuguese: nado de costas — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Portuguese: costas — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Portuguese: estilo de costas — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Russian: пла́вание на спине́ (plávanije na spiné) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Spanish: dorso — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Spanish: estilo espalda — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Swedish: ryggsim — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Tagalog: balangay — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Tagalog: himbalangay — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Welsh: nofio cefn — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Yiddish: נאַזנשוווּם (naznshvum) — a swimming stroke swum on one's back
- Māori: kau tīraha — to swim backstroke
- Māori: kauhoe tīraha — to swim backstroke
- Portuguese: nadar de costas — to swim backstroke
- Yiddish: שווימען נאַזנדיק (shvimen nazndik) — to swim backstroke
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