different between swimming vs quadrathlon
swimming
English
Pronunciation
Wikiversity
- IPA(key): /?sw?m??/
- Rhymes: -?m??
Etymology 1
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
- The act or process of something that swims.
- 1869, William Chambers, ?Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts (page 2)
- Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution.
- 1869, William Chambers, ?Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts (page 2)
Related terms
- swimming bath
- swimming cap
- swimming pool
- synchronised swimming, synchronized swimming
Translations
Etymology 2
From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) +? -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
Noun
swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings)
- The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
- the swimming of my head the day after heavy drinking
Translations
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
swimming
- present participle of swim
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quadrathlon
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kw??d?æ?l?n/
Etymology
quadr- +? -athlon
Noun
quadrathlon (plural quadrathlons)
- (sports) A contest involving four successive events, usually swimming, kayaking, cycling, and running.
Derived terms
- quadrathlete
See also
- biathlon
- marathon
- tetrathlon
- triathlon
quadrathlon From the web:
- what does quadrathlon mean
- what does quadrathlon
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