sculling
part of speech
noun (sculling — uncountable); verb, present participle of «scull» (scull, sculls, sculled, sculling)
meaning for a pupil
1) Rowing a boat with two oars, one in each hand, or a single oar at the back of the boat. tree →
2) (swimming) Moving your hands back and forth in the water to stay still or move gently. tree →
3) (Australia, slang) Drinking a whole drink very fast in one go (adults, often beer). tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport, sculling is a kind of rowing at clubs and the Olympics (single sculls, double sculls). In swimming lessons, children learn sculling to float and tread water. Phrases: single sculls, sculling boat, sculling with your hands.
examples
- She won a medal in single sculling. tree →
- In swimming we practised sculling to stay afloat. tree →
- The sculling boat glided along the river. tree →
- He was sculling with both hands to keep still. tree →
- My aunt goes sculling on the Thames every Sunday. tree →
- Sculling uses two oars, one in each hand. tree →
note
Pronounced "SKUL-ing", like "skull" — homophone of "skull" (the bone). A "scull" is also the oar itself. In rowing (sweep), each person holds one oar with both hands; in sculling, each holds two.
Trees and pragmatics
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