Breaststroke

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  • noun. A swimming stroke in which a person lies face down in the water, extends the arms in front of the head, pulls the arms back under the surface of the water, and then performs a frog kick.
  • noun. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
  • verb. to swim using this stroke
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  • noun. a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick
  • verb. swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg
  • Word Usage
    "Suddenly he feels the insects inside him, their feet pricking the inside of his body, swimming in his blood; each breaststroke is white pain across his nerves."
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