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swimming

Definition

  • noun: the sport or activity of moving through water by moving your arms and legs
  • noun: the act, art, or sport of one that 'swims' and dives
  • adjective: that 'swims'
  • synonyms: vertigo, dizziness, floating

Examples

  • Our neighbors have a 'swimming pool' in their backyard.

  • The potatoes 'were swimming in' butter/gravy.

  • We watched the fish 'swimming' in the river.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It is our one chance to find the hidden door. The path turns this way. This way. Air. I need air. My head, it's swimming! What's happening? Keep moving. Nori... ...why have we stopped? The path... (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug