1. A swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back

1. Swim on one's back

Derived forms: backstroking, backstrokes, backstroked

See also: backstroker

Type of: swim, swimming stroke

Encyclopedia: Backstroke

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