breaststroke
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbrɛstˌstroʊk/
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- Swimmers, to the starting block, for the 100-meter breaststroke.
- 100 breaststroke
- 200 breaststroke
- 50 breaststroke
In the end, I was in this swimming race doing breaststroke.
- In the end, I was in this swimming race doing breaststroke.
- So for no fins, which is swimming as deep as you can without fins, a bit like breaststroke.
- They're not swimming, they're not doing the breaststroke in your pool and seeking you out to bite you.
- And I just, I don't, I couldn't imagine kicking breaststroke like it was hard enough just to I couldn't even.
Examples
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Asked why she settled on the breaststroke and 50, she said those came most naturally to her.
Blog text (20) -
It's a beautiful summer afternoon, and I'm doing an easy breaststroke far from shore.
Fiction book (1999) -
I bet I could beat him at the breaststroke now.
Fiction book (1993) -
See, I know how to do the breaststroke.
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You know, I love breaststroke.
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It's not too late for you to enter the doubles breaststroke if you like.
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Do you like to swim breaststroke, front crawl, butterfly or backstroke?
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Will the swimmers involved in the 50-yard breaststroke - please approach the starting blocks.
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Sometimes we swam side by side, and sometimes Wolfram swam a little ahead of me, both of us using the breaststroke.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the swimming competition, she dominated the breaststroke, earning a gold medal.
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Morphology
Etymology
Breaststroke comes from the parts breast ('chest') and stroke ('a movement'). The name shows the arms start from the swimmer's chest and sweep outward, so a breaststroke is the swim where you push your arms from the chest and kick like a frog.