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A swimming stroke in which the left and right hands are alternately raised out of the water, brought forward and drawn back through the water. A scissor kick is performed on every second stroke.
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trudgen — s.n. (Sport) Stil de înot, caracterizat printr o mişcare de tracţiune alternativă a braţelor şi prin lovirea în foarfecă a picioarelor, corpul alunecând pe aceeaşi parte. [pron. trádgen. / < fr., engl. trudgen, cf. John Trudgen – căpitan… … Dicționar Român
trudgen — (izg. tràdžin) m DEFINICIJA sport pov. način plivanja od 1870 ih, početak razvoja suvremene tehnike brzog plivanja ETIMOLOGIJA prema engleskom plivaču A. Trudgenu (1852 1902) … Hrvatski jezični portal
Trudgen — The trudgen is a swimming stroke sometimes known as the racing stroke , or the East Indian stroke . It is named after the English swimmer John Trudgen (1852–1902) [New Oxford American Dictionary (Apple OEM implementation) Oxford University… … Wikipedia
trudgen — /truj euhn/, n. Swimming. a stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used. Also called trudgen stroke. [1890 95; named after John Trudgen (1852 1902), British swimmer] * * * … Universalium
trudgen — trud·gen s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS sport non com., stile di nuoto in cui le gambe si muovono a forbice e le braccia in modo simile al crawl {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1935. ETIMO: da Trudgen, nome del capitano di marina statunitense John… … Dizionario italiano
trudgen — [ trʌdʒ(ə)n] noun a swimming stroke like the crawl with a scissors movement of the legs. Origin C19: named after the English swimmer John Trudgen … English new terms dictionary
trudgen — /ˈtrʌdʒən/ (say trujuhn) noun a form of breaststroke swimming, developed from sidestroke and formerly popular. {named after English swimmer John Trudgen, 1852–1902} …
trudgen — n. a swimming stroke like the crawl with a scissors movement of the legs. Etymology: J. Trudgen, 19th c. English swimmer … Useful english dictionary
Trudgen stroke — Trudg en stroke (Swimming) A racing stroke in which a double over arm motion is used; so called from its use by an amateur named Trudgen, but often erroneously written {trudgeon}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trudgen stroke — [truj′ən] n. 〚after J. Trudgen, Eng amateur who introduced it (1868)〛 a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used * * * … Universalium
trudgen stroke — [truj′ən] n. [after J. Trudgen, Eng amateur who introduced it (1868)] a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used … English World dictionary
