"dog paddle" meaning in All languages combined

See dog paddle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dog paddles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog paddle (plural dog paddles)
  1. A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming. Translations (swimming stroke): кучешката (kučeškata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 狗仔泅 (káu-á-siû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 狗仔式 (gau² zai² sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 狗爬式游泳 (gǒupáshì yóuyǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 狗刨 (gǒupáo) (Chinese Mandarin), hundesvømning [common-gender] (Danish), koiranuinti (Finnish), koira (Finnish), kau kiore (Maori), piesek [masculine] (Polish), hundsim [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dog_paddle-en-noun-GTJrkMJG

Verb [English]

Forms: dog paddles [present, singular, third-person], dog paddling [participle, present], dog paddled [participle, past], dog paddled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dog paddle (third-person singular simple present dog paddles, present participle dog paddling, simple past and past participle dog paddled)
  1. To swim in dog paddle style. Categories (topical): Swimming Synonyms: doggy paddle, dogpaddle, dog-paddle
    Sense id: en-dog_paddle-en-verb-rHrieVMM Disambiguation of Swimming: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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