swims
swims is the plural of swim.
swims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of swim.
Meaning of swim
Noun (1)
swim (plural swims)
- An act or instance of swimming.
- I'm going for a swim.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
- C'mon everybody! C'mon in!
Bobby's goin' to show you how to do the swim.1964, “C'mon and Swim”, Thomas Coman and Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone) (lyrics), performed by Bobby Freeman
- C'mon everybody! C'mon in!
- The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
- With the road ahead now clear, Mann […] is plunging back into the swim of business in a hurry.1948 September 18, Billboard, page 104
Noun (2)
swim (plural swims)
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Swims
Swims (plural Swimses)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Swims
Swims
- plural of Swim
Forms of swims
| plural | Swimses |
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Origin of swims
Variant of Swim.
Phrases with swims
- sinks or swims
- swims upstream
- swims the Tiber
- polar bear swims
- polar-bear swims
- swims the Thames
- swims like a fish
- swims with sharks
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck
- if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
- when I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck
Questions about swims
- What does swims mean?
- Swims means a surname.
- What is swims the plural of?
- Swims is the plural of swim.
- What part of speech is swims?
- Swims is a proper noun.
Words near swims in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: swims (page history and authors); Swims (page history and authors); swim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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