different between freestyle vs breaststroke

English

Etymology

From free +? style.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i??sta?l/

Noun

freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

1. A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.
   1. (swimming) A swimming event in which the contestants may choose any stroke.
      1. (swimming, by extension) The swimming stroke commonly referred to as the front crawl or the Australian crawl.
   2. (skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
      1. (skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.
   3. (wrestling) A style of wrestling in which any non-injurious holds are permitted.
2. (skiing) Ellipsis of freestyle skiing
3. A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping.
4. Modifying programming code in production and quality assurance environments, violating the existing procedures for deploying it.

Translations

Derived terms

• Latin freestyle
• Miami freestyle

Verb

freestyle (third-person singular simple present freestyles, present participle freestyling, simple past and past participle freestyled)

1. (intransitive, especially in rap music) To improvise one's own style; to ad-lib.
2. (intransitive) To improvise one's dance moves; dance freely.

Translations

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fri?st?i?l/, [?fri?s?t??i?l]
• Syllabification: free?style

Noun

freestyle

1. freestyle (sports event in which the participants can choose their own style, especially freestyle skiing)
2. freestyle (style of rapping)

Usage notes

• As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends "nalle" - category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows "risti" -category as if the word were spelled friistaili.

Declension

Synonyms

• (freestyle skiing): freestylehiihto

Portuguese

Noun

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle (form of rapping)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?istail/, [?f?is.t?ai?l]

Noun

freestyle m (uncountable)

1. freestyle

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?i?stajl/
• With a more or less English accent.

Noun

freestyle c

1. A walkman, a portable audio cassette player.
   • 1997, Annika Thor, Sanning eller konsekvens, Bonnier Carlsen (publ., 2009 ed.).

Declension

English

Etymology

breast +? stroke

Pronunciation

Noun

breaststroke (plural breaststrokes)

1. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's

Translations

Verb

breaststroke (third-person singular simple present breaststrokes, present participle breaststroking, simple past and past participle breaststroked)

1. to swim using this stroke

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