butterfly stroke

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butterfly stroke Meaning of "butterfly stroke"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Usage(s):

  1. To overcome doubts about his health after his long struggle with cancer, some of his TV ads featured footage of Tsongas vigorously doing the butterfly stroke in a swimming pool.
  2. Swimmer's shoulder may catch up with anybody who favors the butterfly stroke.
  3. The excitement infected the effervescent Vice President in particular; he leaped up and down waving both arms as if he were doing the butterfly stroke.
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