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swim fin

swim fin noun: a flipper; an items of footwear used while swimming for more speed.

swim fin: a flipper; an items of footwear used while swimming for more speed
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Noun

swim fin (plural swim fins)

  1. A flipper; an items of footwear used while swimming for more speed.
    • The dirty old Wedge, where $6,000 worth of swim fins were lost last year - and their owners.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Forms of swim fin

pluralswim fins
alternative formswimfin

Questions about swim fin

What does swim fin mean?
Swim fin means a flipper; an items of footwear used while swimming for more speed.
What part of speech is swim fin?
Swim fin is a noun.
What is the plural of swim fin?
The plural of swim fin is swim fins.

Words near swim fin in the dictionary

  1. swim briefs
  2. swim cap
  3. swim caps
  4. swim diaper
  5. swim diapers
  6. swim fin
  7. swim fins
  8. swim lane
  9. swim lanes
  10. swim like a fish
  11. swim meet

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