Verb (5-dan, ぐ, intransitive)
1. to swim
あなたあまり泳げないじゃない。You can't swim very well, can you?
2. to struggle through (a crowd)
人ごみの中を泳いで、やっと出口に着いた。I struggled through the crowd and finally reached the exit.
3. to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life)
彼女は要領よく世の中を泳いでいる。She makes her way through the world shrewdly.
4. to totter; to lose one's balance
彼は空振りして体が泳いだ。He swung and missed and lost his balance.