backstroke

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A backhanded stroke or blow.
 * 2)  A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
 * 3)  The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
 * 1)  The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)

Related terms

 * stroke
 * stroke

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 背泳
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Rückenkraulen
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: kau tīraha, kauhoe tīraha
 * Polish: styl grzbietowy
 * Portuguese: nado de costas,, estilo de costas
 * Russian: пла́вание на спине́
 * Spanish:, estilo espalda
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, himbalangay
 * Welsh: nofio cefn
 * Yiddish: נאַזנשוווּם

Verb

 * 1) To swim the backstroke.

Translations

 * Maori: kau tīraha, kauhoe tīraha
 * Portuguese: nadar de costas
 * Yiddish: שווימען נאַזנדיק