breaststroke

From breast +‎ stroke.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/

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breaststroke (plural breaststrokes)

1. 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

breaststroke (third-person singular simple present breaststrokes, present participle breaststroking, simple past and past participle breaststroked)

1. to swim using this stroke