Swimming Strokes

noun the action of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body close to the ground

verb to move slowly on hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground

• The baby began to crawl across the floor.
• I saw a spider crawl up the wall.
• Let's crawl to the bar and have a drink.
• Progress in the project seemed to crawl at a snail's pace.

noun a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on one side and moves the arms in a circular motion while kicking rhythmically with the legs

• The swimmer demonstrated a flawless sidestroke technique during the competition.
• I always prefer doing the sidestroke when I swim laps at the pool.
• I totally nailed the sidestroke in the race today!
• In the midst of the chaos, he felt like he was just treading water with a sidestroke.