backstroke

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back⋅stroke

[bak-strohk]

noun, verb, -stroked, -strok⋅ing.

–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')

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.
A backhanded stroke or motion.
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.

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