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SCISSORS KICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scissors kick mean? 

SCISSORS KICK (noun)
  The noun SCISSORS KICK has 1 sense:

1. a kick used in the sidestroke; legs are brought together in a scissoring motionplay

  Familiarity information: SCISSORS KICK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCISSORS KICK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kick used in the sidestroke; legs are brought together in a scissoring motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scissors kick" is a kind of...):

swimming kick (a movement of the legs in swimming)

Holonyms ("scissors kick" is a part of...):

sidestroke (a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick)


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