noun.
A swimming stroke performed on one's back, especially one using alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
noun.
A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
noun.
A backhanded stroke or motion.
noun.
A stroke or motion in the direction of an original starting point.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A blow or stroke in return.
noun.
A backhanded stroke; a back-hander.
noun.
In telegraphy, the return-stroke of the lever in a telegraph-sounder.
noun.
Diastolic impulse of the heart, a faint beat occurring as the blood enters the ventricles.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back. It is usually executed with backward-moving circular arm strokes and a flutter kick.