Meanings
- uncountableThe practice of swimming in a gap or hole in the ice of an iced-over body of water.
2015, Alexander Armstrong, Land of the Midnight Sun: My Arctic Adventures, 2016, Penguin Random House (Corgi), page 62, Because I am going Ice Swimming, I am meeting a club of Tromsø Ice Swimmers.
2 more examples
The most serious cold water swimmers participate in competitive ice swimming events in bodies of water less than 41 °F (5 °C), sometimes carved out of frozen rivers or lakes and part of the International Winter Swimming Association and the International Ice Swimming Association.
2011, Steven Munatones, Open Water Swimming, Human Kinetics, page 8Winter swimming (or ice swimming) is not for everybody. People with a heart condition should not practice it.
2016, Harald Haarmann, Modern Finland, McFarland & Company, page 100
Translations
Bulgarian зимно плуване
- зимно плуване (zimno pluvane)swimming in iced-over water
Finnish avantouinti
- avantouintiswimming in iced-over water
French bain dans l'eau glacée, bain de glace
- bain dans l'eau glacéeswimming in iced-over water
- bain de glaceswimming in iced-over water
Polish morsowanie
- morsowanieswimming in iced-over water
Russian моржева́ние
- моржева́ние (morževánije)swimming in iced-over water
Swedish vinterbad
- vinterbadswimming in iced-over water
Turkish buz yüzüşü, buzda yüzme
- buz yüzüşüswimming in iced-over water
- buzda yüzmeswimming in iced-over water
Ukrainian моржува́ння
- моржува́ння (moržuvánnja)swimming in iced-over water
Cite this entry
ice swimming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20swimming
“ice swimming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20swimming. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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