back float

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noun Swimming.

a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.

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Origin of back float

Probably earlier than 1975–80

Words nearby back float

backfire, backfist, backfit, backflash, backflip, back float, backflow, back focus, back foot, back formation, back forty