flutter kick

noun

A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.

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Meanings

nounflutter kick (plural flutter kicks)

plural flutter kicks

  1. hobbiesA kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.

    It is called flutter kick because it is just that, a quick flutter of nearly straight legs, fast and small

    2020 April 1, “Improving Your Freestyle Stroke”, in Steve Wallen Swim School
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    Everybody crowded around very excitedly and talked about the Australian crawl, a stroke I cannot do because there is something wrong with my flutter kick.

    1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 48
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