Swimming bell (Zoöl.), a nectocalyx. See Illust. under Siphonophora. --
Swimming crab (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of marine crabs, as
those of the family Protunidæ, which have some of the joints of one or
more pairs of legs flattened so as to serve as fins.
Swim"ming, n. The act of one who swims.
Swim"ming, a. [From Swim to be dizzy.] Being in a state of vertigo or
dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
Swim"ming, n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. Dryden.
Swim"ming*ly, adv. In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming;
smoothly; successfully; prosperously.
Swim"ming*ness, n. Act or state of swimming; suffusion. "A swimmingness
in the eye." Congreve.