doggy paddle
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See also: doggy-paddle
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ædəl
Noun[edit]
doggy paddle (plural doggy paddles)
- A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming. The swimmer lies on their chest and moves their hands and legs alternately.
- The swimming method used by dogs and other four-legged mammals, with head above water and front legs vigorously paddling.
Translations[edit]
swimming stroke — see dog paddle
Verb[edit]
doggy paddle (third-person singular simple present doggy paddles, present participle doggy paddling, simple past and past participle doggy paddled)
- To swim in this style.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 127:
- Number one immediately leapt into the water and doggy-paddled [...] across to the other side[.]