Concept cluster: Recreation > Diving activities and roles
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apneist
n
(non-native speakers' English) A free-diver.
aquabatics
n
acrobatic maneuvers performed underwater
aquacade
n
An entertainment consisting of swimmers and divers performing to music
aqualung
v
To scuba dive.
aqualunger
n
A diver who uses an aqualung.
aqualungist
n
A diver who uses an aqualung.
aquashow
n
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
aquatics
n
Sports involving water.
armstand
n
(diving) A dive from a platform that starts from the hands.
cage diving
n
An activity where people in metallic cages are immersed underwater to undergo an experience with sharks
cave diver
n
Someone who takes part in cave diving
chute
n
(informal) A parachute.
coraller
n
A person who dives into deep water to collect coral.
dive-bomb
v
Alternative form of divebomb [(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.]
divemaster
n
A person responsible for a group of underwater divers.
diver
n
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
diving
n
The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
dolphin dive
n
A form of rapid traversal through shallow water used by lifeguards, consisting of a series of dive-like forward leaps alternated with tucking the feet under the chest.
fleeter
n
A member of a fleet.
free diver
n
Alternative spelling of free-diver [(underwater diving) A practitioner of free-diving.]
free diving
n
Alternative spelling of free-diving [Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without breathing apparatus for as long as possible.]
free-diver
n
(underwater diving) A practitioner of free-diving.
free-diving
n
Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without breathing apparatus for as long as possible.
freedive
v
to stay underwater without the help of breathing-apparatus for as long as possible
freediver
n
Alternative spelling of free-diver [(underwater diving) A practitioner of free-diving.]
freediving
n
Alternative spelling of free-diving [Any of various aquatic disciplines in which divers attempt to stay underwater without breathing apparatus for as long as possible.]
frogman
n
A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
land diving
n
A ritual performed by the men of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, involving a jump from a tall wooden tower with a tree vine wrapped around each ankle.
land-diving
n
Alternative form of land diving. [A ritual performed by the men of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, involving a jump from a tall wooden tower with a tree vine wrapped around each ankle.]
lap-pool
n
Alternative form of lap pool [A swimming pool in the shape of a rectangle with narrow width and extended length, designed for swimming back and forth along the length in order to practice laps.]
manu
n
(New Zealand, diving) A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
nose dive
n
Alternative form of nosedive [A headfirst fall or jump.]
nose-dive
v
Alternative form of nosedive [(intransitive, of aircraft) To dive down in a steep angle.]
Olympic diving
n
A specific competition in the Olympics, involving diving off a ten-meter platform from a three-meter springboard.
pearl diver
n
A person who dives for pearls.
peelout
n
(kayaking) The act of leaving an eddy and entering the main current.
Pia carry
n
A technique for bringing a drowning non-swimmer to shore, by holding their head out of the water, encircling their waist or hips with one arm, and supporting their buttocks or thigh on one's hip, while propelling oneself by kicking.
piked
adj
Describing a dive in which the knees are kept straight, but the body is bent at a right-angle at the hips
puddle jump
n
A short airplane flight (in a puddle jumper).
salmon
v
(slang, intransitive) To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
schnorkel
v
To use a snorkel.
scuba
v
(rare) To perform scuba diving.
scuba diver
n
a person who swims underwater using scuba-diving equipment
scuba diving
n
(underwater diving) Underwater swimming using scuba equipment.
skin diving
n
The act of swimming underwater without a diving suit.
sky diving
n
Alternative spelling of skydiving [The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.]
skydive
n
An instance of skydiving.
snorkeling
n
The act of swimming using a snorkel.
snort
n
(nautical, UK) A submarine snorkel.
snuba
n
(sports) A combination of snorkeling and scuba diving where the swimmer uses the fins, mask, and breathing apparatus commonly used in scuba diving, but the oxygen tanks usually strapped to the back are instead attached to floating rafts that remain on the water's surface.
sportdiver
n
One who takes part in diving as a sport.
sportdiving
n
diving as a sport
stage diving
n
The practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.
stage-diving
n
Alternative form of stage diving [The practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.]
stagediving
n
Alternative spelling of stage diving [The practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.]
subaquatics
n
underwater diving as a recreational activity
sweepage
n
The state when a sweepboat is moving faster than the current of the water.
swimming
n
The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
swimnastic
adj
Of or relating to swimnastics.
synchronized diver
n
Someone who practices synchronized diving.
synchronized diving
n
A sport in which divers perform synchronised dives.
toboggan slide
n
(Canada, figuratively) A quick, unstoppable decline.
tombstoning
n
(Britain) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.
urinator
n
(obsolete) A diver, especially someone who searches for things underwater.
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