backstroke
- Noun. A swimming stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
- Noun. (context, bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke).
- Verb. To swim the backstroke.
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