backstroke
(noun) a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
backstroke
(verb) swim on one’s back
Source: WordNet® 3.1
backstroke (plural backstrokes)
A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
• back crawl
backstroke (third-person singular simple present backstrokes, present participle backstroking, simple past and past participle backstroked)
To swim the backstroke.
Source: Wiktionary
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
