breaststroke. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

breaststroke

SYLLABICATION:	breast·stroke
PRONUNCIATION:	brststrk
NOUN:	1. 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. 2. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
OTHER FORMS:	breaststroke —VERB breaststroker —NOUN


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