sidestroke

sidestroke
/suyd"strohk'/, n., v., sidestroked, sidestroking. Swimming.
n.
1. a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
v.i.
2. to swim the sidestroke.
[1750-60; SIDE1 + STROKE1]

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