crawl-stroke swimmer

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• Crawl stroke — (Swimming) A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Front crawl — Swimmer breathing during front crawl The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a… …   Wikipedia

• crawl — {{11}}crawl (n.) 1818, from CRAWL (Cf. crawl) (v.); in the swimming sense from 1903, the stroke developed by Frederick Cavill, well known English swimmer who emigrated to Australia and modified the standard stroke of the day after observing South …   Etymology dictionary

• stroke — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of a brush, pen, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ broad (often figurative), thick ▪ I will outline in broad strokes our main ideas. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• trudgen crawl — ˈtrəjən noun Etymology: after John Trudgen, 19th century English amateur swimmer : a crawl stroke in which a scissors kick is combined with the flutter kick …   Useful english dictionary

• Swimming stroke — A woman swims the breaststroke Human swimming typically consists of repeating a specific body motion or swimming stroke. There are many kinds of strokes, each defining a different swimming style or crawl. Most strokes involve rhythmic and… …   Wikipedia

• Butterfly stroke — Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke. The butterfly (colloquially among swimmers known as fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and… …   Wikipedia

• swimming stroke — noun a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward • Hypernyms: ↑stroke • Hyponyms: ↑crawl, ↑front crawl, ↑Australian crawl, ↑dog paddle, ↑sidestroke, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Australian crawl — Swimming. a crawl in which the swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm. [1905 10] * * * …   Universalium

• List of swimming styles — A style is known as a stroke or crawl . Stroke can also refer to a single completion of the sequence of body movements repeated while swimming in the given style. It is possible to swim by moving only legs without arms or only arms without legs;… …   Wikipedia

• swimming — swimmingness, n. /swim ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that swims. 2. the skill or technique of a person who swims. 3. the sport of swimming. adj. 4. pertaining to, characterized by, or capable of swimming. 5. used in or for swimming:… …   Universalium