backstroke
noun /ˈbækstrəʊk/
/ˈbækstrəʊk/
(British English also backcrawl)
[uncountable, singular]- a style of swimming in which you lie on your back
enlarge image- Can you do (the) backstroke?
- He won the 100 metres backstroke (= the race).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBackstroke is used before these nouns:- event
