The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A swimming stroke in which a person lies face down in the water and extends the arms in front of the head, then sweeps them both back laterally under the surface of the water while performing a frog kick.
n. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
n. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
v. to swim using this stroke
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n. a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick
v. swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg
Word Usage
"Suddenly he feels the insects inside him, their feet pricking the inside of his body, swimming in his blood; each breaststroke is white pain across his nerves."