skin-dive
Americanverb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of skin-dive
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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White himself learned to fly and skin-dive, was a proficient cameraman, hunter, horseman, sailor, archer, painter, naturalist, fisherman, falconer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally Tom said, "Bud, we could skin-dive at this depth."
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
In his free time, he was writing fiction and moonlighting at a skin-diving equipment shop, where his wife suggested he work to help gather material for his novels.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2020
Jacques Goron, 76, and Danielle Franck, 74, were found floating motionless in the water at Michaelmas Cay within minutes of each other while skin-diving on Wednesday morning.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016
He even went skin-diving for the fish himself.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 1995
Author Yerby goes skin-diving in the Mediterranean, skiing in the Alps or whizzing off in his Jaguar XK 120 to attend sports-car races.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prospecting for gold, skin-diving for sunken treasure—these were but two of the projects Perry had ardently proposed.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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