Swimmer - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈswɪmər|  American pronunciation of the word swimmer
Brit.  |ˈswɪmə|  British pronunciation of the word swimmer

noun

- a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
he was an Olympic swimmer
- a person who travels through the water by swimming (syn: bather)
he is not a good swimmer

Extra examples

He's teaching the children to swim.

She swam across the pool.

He swam the English Channel.

The racers must swim the backstroke.

We watched the fish swimming in the river.

Ducks swam in the pond.

I felt weak and my head was swimming.

The room swam before my eyes.

...the merest glimpse of blood sends him into a swim...

The swimmer is supported by the water's buoyancy.

The jellyfish stung the swimmer.

...an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals...

...the swimming coach quickly regretted his unguarded comments about the young swimmer's limitations...

The swimmer was caught in a whirlpool and nearly drowned.

The swimmer dipped into the river but it was too cold.

Word forms

noun
singular: swimmer
plural: swimmers
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