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Examples
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For a few magical moments it's as though she's on a surfboard, and her weak dogpaddle seems to be propelling her like an outboard motor.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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My plan was to, hopefully, dogpaddle my way through the swim, ride to the other side of Oahu, maybe 60 miles or so, then camp out.
Inside Tri Features 2009
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I used everything I knew: breast-stroke, dogpaddle, butterfly, crawl, even treading water.
Paula's House of Toast P. 2008
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These headline-grabbers are hopingwe won't remember how they madeus dogpaddle, as the boat sank, when they come up for a next election ... and we are ... quot; left "behind.
IT IS NOT PERMANENT 2009
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