sidestroke

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noun

A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.

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Meanings

nounsidestroke (plural sidestrokes)

plural sidestrokes

  1. A swimming stroke swum on the swimmer's side.
verbsidestroke (third-person singular simple present sidestrokes, present participle sidestroking, simple past and past participle sidestroked)

present singular third person sidestrokes · participle present sidestroking · participle past sidestroked · past sidestroked

  1. To swim sidestroke

Origin

From side + stroke.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 側泳 /侧泳
  • 側泳 /侧泳 (cèyǒng)swimming stroke
Finnish kylkiuinti
  • kylkiuintiswimming stroke
French nage indienne
  • nage indienneswimming stroke
German Seitenschwimmen
  • Seitenschwimmenswimming stroke
Irish taobh-bhuille, bang thaoibh
  • taobh-bhuilleswimming stroke
  • bang thaoibhswimming stroke
Māori kau tāhoe
  • kau tāhoeswimming stroke

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

strokeside
Cite this entry
APA

sidestroke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidestroke

MLA

“sidestroke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidestroke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sidestroke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sidestroke.

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