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diving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dive |
| Type of | swimming, swim |
| Has types | belly whop, belly whopper, cliff diving, flip, full gainer, gainer, half gainer, jackknife, swallow dive, swan dive, belly flop, belly flopper |
| Derivation | dive |
diving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diving event |
| Type of | match |
Examples of diving
diving
Meany Gravis was a diving coach at the Greenwich YWCA and at various swim clubs.
From the timesunion.com
He had always enjoyed diving and biking, but never had much time to pursue them.
From the online.wsj.com
Good diving stop from KP at mid off, but he rolls on the ball and hurts himself.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I have the diving world, the social world, the media world and the school world.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The next batter, Edwin Bellorin, grounded out to a diving Snyder at second base.
From the kansas.com
For sun-drenched relaxation, kayaking, diving and snorkeling, Palau is paradise.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Crystal Canedy won the Gateway Athletic Conference diving competition Wednesday.
From the stltoday.com
Snorkelling gear is available free, but there is a charge for scuba diving gear.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He then blunted the Indians'final comeback bid in the ninth with a diving catch.
From the kansas.com
- An athletic competition that involves diving into water
- Dive: a headlong plunge into water
- (dive) drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
- (dive) honkytonk: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
- (dive) a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
- (dive) swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
- Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.
- Diving (or simulation - the term used by FIFA) in the context of association football is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground and possibly feigning an injury, to appear as if a foul has been committed. ...
- Diving (also called embellishment) is a term used in ice hockey to describe the way a player tries to get the attention of the referee by embellishing an infraction from an opposing player in an attempt to draw a penalty. ...
