frog kick

noun

a swimming kick; knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended

• Hypernyms: ↑swimming kick

• Part Holonyms: ↑breaststroke

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noun

: the breaststroke kick when it is executed with the hip joints in a position with the knees apart

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Swimming.

a type of kick in which the legs are bent at the knees, extended outward, and then brought together forcefully.

[1935-40]

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frog kick,

a swimming movement in which the legs are moved simultaneously, being first bent outward at the knees, then extended, then brought together, as in the breast stroke.

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n. a movement used in swimming, esp. in the breast stroke, in which the legs are brought toward the body with the knees bent and the feet together and then kicked outward before being brought together again, all in one continuous movement