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

  • (..) - We have a witness. - A dead witness. In the hands of a lesser attorney, that would be a problem. Look at this. Last night he's swimming in Jack Daniels... and now he can leap tall buildings in a single bound. I'm getting my second wind. Sit down, both of you. Good. Jessup told Kendrick (..)
    1992 A Few Good Men