aquacise

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/ˈækwə(ˌ)saɪz//ˈɑːkwə(ˌ)saɪz/

noun

A type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.

“She aquacised the hippos in the zoo's pond before feeding them.”

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounaquacise (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of physical exercise practiced in water mostly vertically and without swimming, typically in a swimming pool in waist deep or deeper water.
verbaquacise (third-person singular simple present aquacises, present participle aquacising, simple past and past participle aquacised)

present singular third person aquacises · participle present aquacising · participle past aquacised · past aquacised

  1. informalTo practice such exercise.

    She aquacised the hippos in the zoo's pond before feeding them.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Latinaquāticus
  5. Middle Frenchaquatique
  6. Englishaquatic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erk-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂orkéyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*arkeō
  15. Latinarceō
  16. Latinexerceō
  17. Latinexercitium
  18. Old Frenchexercise
  19. Middle Englishexercise
  20. Englishexercise
  21. Englishaquacise

Blend of aquatic + exercise.

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Translations

Japanese アクアサイズ
  • アクアサイズ (akuasaizu)exercise practiced in water
Cite this entry
APA

aquacise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquacise

MLA

“aquacise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquacise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aquacise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aquacise.

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