backstroke
backstroke
Definition
back·stroke (-strōk′)
noun
- a stroke backward, or a backhanded stroke
- a stroke made by a swimmer lying face upward; esp., a racing stroke in which the arms are stretched alternately over the head and the legs are moved in a flutter kick
- a contest in which each participant uses such a stroke
intransitive verb -·stroked′, -·strok′·ing
to perform a backstroke
transitive verb
to hit with a backstroke
backstroke
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- swim: The first painting I remember making was of a Hawaiian lady swimming the backstroke under a palm tree.
- win: World champion Katy Sexton won the 200m backstroke, ahead of Loughborough's Karen Lee.
- do: I like doing the backstroke as well because if I stop I just float in the water.
- pull: It is easy to fall into the trap of calling the calls when you are yourself just pulling the backstroke.
- ring: Quite soon you will have the learner ringing the backstrokes independently.
- place: It isn't; it's just as important to place the backstroke as it is the handstroke.
Preposition: at
- championship: Otto retired after finishing first over 100m backstroke and third over 200m backstroke at the 1989 European championships.
Adjective modifier
- 200m: Earlier in the day Gregor Tait won Scotland's third gold medal in the 200m backstroke.
- 100m: Britain's Gregor Tait celebrated his 25th birthday in style on 20 April by winning gold in the men's 100m backstroke.
- 50m: She set her first British record in 1997 in the 50m backstroke.
- lifesaving: Aim: To advance swimming techniques and to introduce a wider range of water skills, including sidestroke and lifesaving backstroke.
Modifies a noun
- title: Double Commonwealth Games Gold medallist Price was the first to strike as she took the women's 200m backstroke title.
- event: Liz and David both won gold in their 50m backstroke events, and Adrian finishing in 4th position.
- lead: Lead Head - the first row of a lead, usually the Treble's backstroke lead.
- record: In 2001, she set a 200m backstroke world record.
- gold: It was not all bad news for the Americans, however, as Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol both won 100m backstroke gold.
- champion: On the extreme right is Jack Patton who was a backstroke champion.
Noun used with modifier
- meter: The British women in the 200 meters backstroke will also get a second chance.
Possessives
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