backstroken.
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a. A blow or stroke in return, a recoil.
b. a back-handed stroke.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > a back-hand blow
retreatc1330
rere-mainc1400
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reredemaine1548
riverso1595
back-hand1657
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back-hander1890
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 96 The backstroke will be sure to give him a knocker.
1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 167 Then may you lie snug, and..play her a most noble backstroke.
1876 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. iii. 90 This back~stroke, this kick of the gun.
c. Swimming. A stroke in which the swimmer lies upon his or her back in the water. Also attributive, and elliptical for backstroke event, backstroke race, etc.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific
hand over hand1844
sidestroke1852
breast swimming1861
steamer1861
breaststroke1864
dog paddle1874
backstroke1876
trudgen1893
frog kick1896
overstroke1902
scissors kick1902
crawl1903
scissors1908
freestyle1916
doggy paddle1921
front crawl1924
back-crawl1929
butterfly stroke1934
butterfly1936
butterfly kick1937
1876 W. Wilson Swimming xii. 49 The slightest motion of the legs..will sustain and at the same time propel the body. This is known as the plain back stroke.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 769/1 Another racing back stroke is performed by lifting hands and arms out of the water at the finish of the pull downward.
1908 Man. Seamanship (H.M.S.O.) I. 319 Then lie on your back, hold him in front of you, and swim with the back stroke, taking care to keep his face above the water.
1908 Man. Seamanship (H.M.S.O.) I. 320 This method will be useful to over-arm swimmers as well as to back-stroke swimmers.
1933 Boys' Mag. 42 83/1 The order in which you learn the strokes should be—crawl, breast-stroke, life-saving back-stroke, side, overarm.
1958 Times 3 Nov. 2/7 Miss C. Hussey..broke the championship record for the 100 yards junior girls' backstroke.
d. Cricket. A stroke made from behind the popping crease when playing back. (Usually written as two words.) Cf. back play n. at back- comb. form 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
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nip1752
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cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
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1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iv. 168 Mere defensive back-play is easy enough. The veriest novice can make some kind of back-stroke.
1898 K. S. Ranjitsinhji With Stoddart's Team (ed. 4) ix. 175 Hill's play..was remarkable for..his powerful ‘back’ strokes.
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