swimming /ˈswɪmɪŋ/ noun2 •the activity of keeping the body up in the water and moving it forwardTriathlon competitors take part in open water swimming. •The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.[The Speedwell] doth also wonderfully helpe the memory, and to ease all turnings and swimmings, and other paines of the head, and as it is sayd helpeth women to become fruitfull, that were barren[.] — 1640 formsswimmings
