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artistic swimming

artistic swimming noun: an Olympic sport, accredited by FINA, in swimming, in which swimmers perform artistic routines timed to music.

Noun

artistic swimming (uncountable)

  1. An Olympic sport, accredited by FINA, in swimming, in which swimmers perform artistic routines timed to music

Synonyms of artistic swimming

Origin of artistic swimming

Promulgated by FINA in 2017, in part due to confusion with soloist synchronized swimming being synchronized without other swimmers, and the artistic nature of the swim outside of synchronization.

Questions about artistic swimming

What does artistic swimming mean?
Artistic swimming means an Olympic sport, accredited by FINA, in swimming, in which swimmers perform artistic routines timed to music.
What part of speech is artistic swimming?
Artistic swimming is a noun.

Words near artistic swimming in the dictionary

  1. artistesses
  2. artistic
  3. artistic gymnastics
  4. artistic licence
  5. artistic license
  6. artistic swimming
  7. artistic temperament
  8. artistic temperaments
  9. artistical
  10. artistically
  11. artisticness

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