frog kick
noun
: a breaststroke kick executed with the knees primarily turned outward and the legs alternately separated and closed
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This response was almost autonomic; like watching the leg of a dead frog kick when an electric current runs through its corpse.
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Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
Mortensen was even able to perfectly replicate Stanton’s slow, precise underwater swimming and breathing techniques, including his specialized frog kick in which his legs push water out rather than back and down so that no sediment is disturbed.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2022
Other collisions are hard to avoid—like when anyone tries to swim around a breaststroker, with their wide sweeping frog kick.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
Mortensen was even able to perfectly replicate Stanton’s slow, precise underwater swimming and breathing techniques, including his specialized frog kick in which his legs push water out rather than back and down so that no sediment is disturbed.
—Paddy O'Connell, Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2022
Other collisions are hard to avoid—like when anyone tries to swim around a breaststroker, with their wide sweeping frog kick.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 18 June 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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“Frog kick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frog%20kick. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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