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backstroke
noun back·stroke \-ˌstrōk\
: a way of swimming in which a person floats in the water facing upward while kicking the legs and rotating the arms; also : a race in which the swimmers do the backstroke
Full Definition of BACKSTROKE
: a swimming stroke executed on the back and usually consisting of alternating circular arm pulls and a flutter kick
— back·strok·er \-ˌstrō-kər\ noun
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First Known Use of BACKSTROKE
1879
Rhymes with BACKSTROKE
ad hoc, baroque, bespoke, blow smoke, breaststroke, brushstroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, evoke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, uncloak, unyoke, upstroke, white oak, workfolk
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