Dictionary entry

Swim (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Swim, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. B. Jonson.

2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

Swim bladder, an air bladder of a fish. — To be in the swim, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs.