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Definition of: backstroke
(bak′strōk′) noun
1. A blow or stroke in return; a backhanded stroke.
2. In swimming, a stroke executed while on one's back.
—v. ·stroked, ·strok·ing v.t. To strike, as a ball, with a backstroke.
—v.i. To swim with a backstroke.
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