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dog paddle

noun 2
verb 2
forms 6

noun2

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A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.
- He would still go down for his daily dog paddle in the faculty swimming pool, and would still nibble the raisins he likes to keep in his briefcase. — 1949
A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.

verb2

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To swim in dog paddle style.
- He pretended that an alligator was behind him and swam desperately. He passed one spot and then, laboriously, another, dog-paddling. — 1938
To swim using the dog paddle stroke.

forms

dog paddled · dog-paddled · dog paddling · dog-paddling · dog paddles · dog-paddles

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