flutter kick

English

Noun

flutter kick (plural flutter kicks)

  1. (swimming) A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.
    • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 48:
      Everybody crowded around very excitedly and talked about the Australian crawl, a stroke I cannot do because there is something wrong with my flutter kick.
    • 2020 April 1, “Improving Your Freestyle Stroke”, in Steve Wallen Swim School‎[1], archived from the original on 23 July 2024:
      It is called flutter kick because it is just that, a quick flutter of nearly straight legs, fast and small
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