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swimming

English

Pronunciation

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  • 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)

  1. The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
  2. 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.
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)

  1. 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

  1. present participle of swim

swimming From the web:

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  • what swimming has taught me
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  • what swimming teaches you
  • what swimming does to your brain

swimmers

English

Noun

swimmers

  1. plural of swimmer
  2. (Australia) A swimsuit.
  3. (slang) sperms

swimmers From the web:

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  • what swimmers qualified for the olympics
  • what swimmers are going to the olympics
  • what swimmers have qualified for the olympics
  • what swimmers have made the olympic team
  • what swimmers are going to tokyo
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