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breaststroke

noun

breast·​stroke ˈbres(t)-ˌstrōk How to pronounce breaststroke (audio)
: a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by coordinating a kick in which the legs are brought forward with the knees together and the feet are turned outward and whipped back with a glide and a backward sweeping movement of the arms
breaststroker noun

Example Sentences

I'll be competing in the 50-meter breaststroke.
Recent Examples on the Web Not far away, a group took turns doing the whip kick of the breaststroke. New York Times, 4 July 2022 Jacoby won her semifinal heat with a scorching time Monday to advance to the eight-woman finals of the 100-meter breaststroke. Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2021 Torri Huske, 18, turned in the fourth-fastest time in morning preliminaries in a 100 butterfly field loaded with talent, while Michael Andrew, 22, was third-fastest in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke. Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021 McHugh will compete again Wednesday in the preliminaries of the 200 breaststroke. Star Tribune, 15 June 2021 In 2015, Bailar became the first transgender athlete to compete on an NCAA Division 1 men's team and finished his four years at Harvard in the top 13% of the breaststroke and top 15% of butterfly. Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 11 June 2021 The 19-year-old won the 100 breaststroke in 59.44, climbing to 11th on the all-time U.S. list. David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Brotman also led the 100 breaststroke (1:02.95) in another bid for a repeat title. Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022 King is a five-time Olympic medalist who won the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics and took bronze in the race Jacoby won at the recent Tokyo Olympics. Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of breaststroke was in 1864

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