synchronized swimming

noun

: a sport in which swimmers move together in patterns to music

Full Definition of SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

: swimming in which the movements of one or more swimmers are synchronized with a musical accompaniment so as to form changing patterns

— synchronized swimmer noun

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1950

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