Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A swimming stroke in which alternating overarm movements are combined with a scissors kick.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In swimming, the double over-arm stroke.
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- noun 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. Ascissor kick is performed on every second stroke.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After John Trudgen, (1852–1902), British swimmer.]
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Named for John Trudgen (1852-1902), an English swimmer who popularised the stroke.
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Examples
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Byron may have used a variant of the trudgen, with breaststroke kicks and crawl-style arm action.
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He changed from breast to over-arm stroke, then he shifted to the crawl and trudgen stroke.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock T. S. Stribling 1923
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That’s only the old trudgen dressed up with a modern name.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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That’s only the old trudgen dressed up with a modern name.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
qms commented on the word trudgen
The hunk at the neighborhood lido
Swims freestyle and wears a tight speedo,
But for the curmudgeon
It’s trunks and the trudgen
To show that he’s conquered libido.
November 26, 2018