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 Meaning of BACKSTROKE
| Pronunciation: |  | 'bak`strowk 
 
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[n]  a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back  [v]  swim on one's back   |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | flutter kick, swim, swimming stroke |  |     |  |  Thesaurus Terms |  |  |  |  | Related Terms: |  | aquaplaning, aquatics, Australian crawl, backhand, backhander, balneation, bathe, bathing, bolo punch, breaststroke, butterfly, crawl, diving, dog paddle, fin, fishtail, flapper, flipper, floating, haymaker, hook, Long Melford, natation, one-two, round-arm blow, roundhouse, short-arm blow, sidestroke, sidewinder, surfboarding, surfing, swim, swimming, swing, treading water, uppercut, wading, waterskiing |  |  |  |     |    |  |