flutter kick
noun1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Swimming A kick technique in which the swimmer kicks the legs alternately up and down for propulsion.
- 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.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 48:
- It is called flutter kick because it is just that, a quick flutter of nearly straight legs, fast and small2020 April 1, “Improving Your Freestyle Stroke”, in Steve Wallen Swim School: