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backstrokes

backstrokes is the plural of backstroke.

backstrokes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backstroke.

Meaning of backstroke

Noun

backstroke (plural backstrokes)

  1. A backhanded stroke or blow.
    • He observed that Cid Ruy-dias was an excellent knight; but not equal to the Lord of the Flaming-sword, who with one back-stroke [translating revés] had cut two fierce and monstrous giants through the middle.1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.1
  2. A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
    • Near-synonym: back crawl
    Synonyms:
    back crawl
  3. The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle.

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Questions about backstrokes

What is backstrokes the plural of?
Backstrokes is the plural of backstroke.

Words near backstrokes in the dictionary

  1. backstrips
  2. backstroke
  3. backstroked
  4. backstroker
  5. backstrokers
  6. backstrokes
  7. backstroking
  8. Backstrom
  9. backstromite
  10. Backstroms
  11. backswamp

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