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swimnastics

swimnastics noun: doing gymnastic movements in water, usually light.

Noun

swimnastics (uncountable)

  1. doing gymnastic movements in water, usually light
    • Incorporation of members of special populations into regular swimnastics activities. Special event An activity designed for water carnivals and/or water demonstrations.1977 Sports, Dance, and Related Activities - Page 521
    • Swimnastics is a study of various conditioning programs designed to attain and maintain physical fitness through water activities while the body is submerged in water.1978, Leisure, an introduction - Page 160

Examples of swimnastics in a sentence

  • individually tailored schedules of aerobics, "swimnastics," walking, and other exercises1986 Oct, Skiing, page 41:
  • upright water exercise, or what is commonly referred to as "swimnastics" or water aerobics.1998 Training Techniques in Cardiac Rehabilitation - Page 99

Origin of swimnastics

Blend of swim + gymnastics.

Questions about swimnastics

What does swimnastics mean?
Swimnastics means doing gymnastic movements in water, usually light.
How do you use swimnastics in a sentence?
individually tailored schedules of aerobics, "swimnastics," walking, and other exercises
What part of speech is swimnastics?
Swimnastics is a noun.

Words near swimnastics in the dictionary

  1. swimmings
  2. swimmist
  3. swimmists
  4. swimmy
  5. swimnastic
  6. swimnastics
  7. swimoff
  8. swimoffs
  9. swimrun
  10. swims
  11. swims like a fish

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