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scissors kick definition

scissors kick

a swimming kick, used esp. in the sidestroke, in which the motion of the legs is similar to the opening and closing of scissor blades

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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