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Sidestroke definition

sīdstrōk
sidestroke
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A swimming stroke in which a person swims on one side and thrusts the arms forward and downward alternately while performing a scissors kick.
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To swim with a sidestroke.
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(swimming) A stroke performed, while lying sideways in the water, by working the arms alternately backward and forward while executing a scissors kick with the legs.
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A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
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Sidestroke Sentence Examples

  • Wearing a T-shirt and shorts, swim 20 meters sidestroke.

  • Before long, the breaststroke was joined by other strokes, including the sidestroke and what was then called the front crawl.

  • Also called the front crawl or sidestroke it is readily mastered, but of course, there are techniques to make it yet more perfect.

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