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doggy paddle

noun

  1. a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his front, paddles his hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his legs up and down
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to swim using the doggy paddle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

“It's why they call it the doggy paddle. They do it naturally.”

Mr. Keneally said the robots are also capable of going underwater, and Ghost Robotics can craft software teaching it how to doggy paddle through water.

The thing is, dogs have to do that ridiculous doggy paddle thing, so they can't be vicious and do that at the same time.

"I'm swimming now. Maybe the doggy paddle. It's not like the Olympics."

From BBC

If you can flail, you can doggy paddle.

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