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

  • (..) Madox! - Come quickly! l've found something! - What is it? D'Ag! Bermann! Quick! My God. They're swimming. They're swimming. Ow! - You okay? - Yeah. How do you explain... (..)
    1996 The English Patient
  • (..) - Good evening, gentlemen. - Good evening. - How is your charming wife? - Marvellous. She's in love with the hotel plumbing. She's either in the swimming pool. She swims for hours. She's a fish. lt's quite incredible. Or she's in the bath. Actually, she's just outside. Chaps only in the Long Bar. (..)
    1996 The English Patient