doggy-paddle
Toddler's swimming technique
A basic swimming stroke where the arms paddle underwater in front of the body while the legs kick, resembling how a dog swims.
Children often learn this first: She doggy-paddled across the shallow end.
As a verb, to doggy-paddle is to swim this way.
Also called dog paddle.
Sudden brain blood blockage
- kickingStriking with foot
- splashingLiquid striking noisily
- treadingWalking on a surface
- floatingStaying atop liquid
wading · arms · legs · coordination · propulsion · movement · motion · underwater
Domesticated barking mammal
- puppyJuvenile canine
- petDomesticated household companion
- fetchGo get and return
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
pond · lake · paws · snout · fur · wet · shake · four-legged
Inexperienced newcomer to field
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- elementaryOf first principles
- basicFundamental in nature
- simpleFree of complexity
fundamental · instruction · first · child · toddler · lesson · introduction · starting
Not artificially produced
- innateExisting since birth
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- automaticOperating without intervention
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
spontaneous · intuitive · primitive · inherent · unlearned · involuntary · survival · self-preservation
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
floating · wading · arms · legs · coordination · propulsion · movement · motion · underwater · surface
dog
Domesticated barking mammal
retriever · pond · lake · paws · snout · fur · wet · shake · four-legged · Labrador
novice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- elementaryOf first principles
- basicFundamental in nature
simple · fundamental · instruction · first · child · toddler · lesson · introduction · starting · practice
natural
Not artificially produced
- innateExisting since birth
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- automaticOperating without intervention
reflex · spontaneous · intuitive · primitive · inherent · unlearned · involuntary · survival · self-preservation · panic
doggy-paddlebutterfly stroke
Bilateral arm-recovery swim technique
freestyle · front crawl · breaststroke · backstroke · individual medley
doggy, paddle, dogs, dogged, doggedly, paddles, paddled, paddling, paddler