scissors kick

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

   Broaderswimming kick

   Part ofsidestroke

Questions about scissors kick

What does scissors kick mean?

scissors kick means "a kick used in the sidestroke; legs are brought together in a scissoring motion".

Is scissors kick a common word?

scissors kick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.