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View synonyms for frog kick

frog kick

noun

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


frog kick

noun

  1. a type of kick used in swimming, as in the breast stroke, in which the legs are simultaneously drawn towards the body and bent at the knees with the feet together, straightened out with the legs apart, and then brought together again quickly
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of frog kick1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

Before long, Armbruster had encouraged all of his swimmers to use it in place of the breaststroke’s traditional frog kick.

Thornton has worked with Prenot, a senior majoring in physics who swims for Cal, to alter his breaststroke’s traditional frog kick.

Both animals used a leg movement similar to the breaststroke "frog kick", according to a report in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

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