swimmate
swimmate noun: a person or animal with which one swims.
Noun
swimmate (plural swimmates)
- A person or animal with which one swims.
- As they ready for the big splash, Claudia [Kolb] speaks for her Olympic swimmates when she says, “I’ve learned much more than just being able to win. I can accept challenges and I can accept defeats. It’s all a part of the game.”1968 October, “Olympic Splashdown”, in American Girl, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., page 37
- Sharing a peaceful co-existence with his swimmates, Mark [Spitz] went on to beat twenty-eight world records by the end of his 1972 pre-Olympic trials in Chicago . . .[…]1973 January, Barbara Graustark, “The Re-Making Of Mark Spitz”, in Circus, volume 7, number 4, page 42
Forms of swimmate
| plural | swimmates |
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Origin of swimmate
From swim + -mate.
Questions about swimmate
- What does swimmate mean?
- Swimmate means a person or animal with which one swims.
- What part of speech is swimmate?
- Swimmate is a noun.
- What is the plural of swimmate?
- The plural of swimmate is swimmates.
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