swimming stroke

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Swimming stroke
Human swimming typically consists of repeating a specific body motion or swimming stroke to propel that body forward. There are many kinds of strokes, each defining a different swimming style or crawl.

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swimming stroke

Noun
1. a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward
(hypernym) stroke
(hyponym) crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl
(part-meronym) swimming kick