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backstroke en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From back + stroke.

Meanings

  1. A backhanded stroke or blow.
    • He observed that Cid Ruy-dias was an excellent knight; but not equal to the Lord of the Flaming-sword, who with one back-stroke [translating revés] had cut two fierce and monstrous giants through the middle. 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.1:
  2. A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
    • Near-synonym: back crawl
  3. The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
backstrokes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

handstroke · butterfly stroke · breaststroke · sidestroke

Deriveds

backstroker

Hypernyms

stroke

Relateds

backtick · backslash

Synonyms

back crawl

Translations (27)

ko 배영 (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · hu hátúszás (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · yi נאַזנשוווּם (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · es dorso (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · sv ryggsim (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · pt estilo de costas (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · fr dos crawlé (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · pt nado de costas (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · mi kau tīraha (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · fr dos (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · pl styl grzbietowy (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · ru пла́вание на спине́ (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · yue 背泳 (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · tl balangay (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · de Rückenschwimmen (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · de Rückenkraulen (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · nl rugslag (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · cmn 背泳 (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · ja 背泳 (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · cy nofio cefn (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · mi kauhoe tīraha (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · fi selkäuinti (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · cmn 仰泳 (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · bg гръб (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · es estilo espalda (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · pt costas (a swimming stroke swum on one's back) · tl himbalangay (a swimming stroke swum on one's back)

backstroke en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From back + stroke.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hit with a backstroke.
  2. (intransitive) To swim the backstroke.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
backstroked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backstroked Tense=Past lexicographic
backstrokes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
backstroking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

front crawl · trudgen · medley · freestyle

Translations (4)

yi שווימען נאַזנדיק (to swim backstroke) · mi kauhoe tīraha (to swim backstroke) · mi kau tīraha (to swim backstroke) · pt nadar de costas (to swim backstroke)