to scull

Examples

• All

• Spread wide, sculling with her wrists to maintain airspeed.

  Fiction book (1998)

• With his right arm locked around her chest to pull her face out of the water, he used his left to turn around and kicked out for shore, sculling vigorously against the slow current pushing him down toward the burning Fourteenth Street Bridge.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I still think we should've hollowed it out and sculled home.

  Desecration (1999)

• Charly sculled backward and stuck her tongue out at her older brother and sister.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Taian and Gorlen had watched them scull ahead, guiding Clabbus's boat away from the inn.

  Fiction book (1995)

• After taking sculling lessons for weeks, she was finally able to propel her boat smoothly across the lake.

• He practiced sculling on the river every morning, mastering the technique of moving the oars from side to side.

• On weekends, the rowing team gathers to scull together, enjoying the calm waters and fresh air.

Synonyms

R

to row

vsto scull

104 1.0

To move a boat using oars

uses one or two blades moved side to side instead of only forward strokes

P

to paddle

vsto scull

48 1.4

To move a boat through water using a short oar

uses one or two blades moved side to side rather than short shallow strokes

O

to oar

vsto scull

1 1.4

To move a boat by using long poles with flat ends

uses one or two blades moved side to side rather than regular forward strokes

P

to punt

vsto scull

• UK

1 7.9

To move a flat bottom boat by pushing a long pole against the riverbed

propels with one or two blades moved side to side, not by pole pushes

P

to pull

vsto scull

1 5.0

To move a boat by using oars

focuses on using one or two blades moved side to side rather than just pulling

How Fast

to race

312 1.0

to scull

• Specialized

1 7.7

row

4 2.0

to paddle

48 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology