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.