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back⋅stroke

  [bak-strohk] noun, verb, -stroked, -strok⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a backhanded stroke.
2. Swimming. a stroke made while on one's back.
3. a blow or stroke in return; recoil.
–verb (used without object)
4. Swimming. to swim the backstroke: She backstroked across the pool.
Origin:
1665–75; back 2 + stroke 1
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back·stroke   (bāk'strōk')   
n.  
  1. Sports
    1. A swimming stroke performed on one's back, especially one using alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
    2. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
  2. A backhanded stroke or motion.
  3. A stroke or motion in the direction of an original starting point: a saw that cuts on the backstroke.
back'stroke' v., back'strok'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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