fancy diving

noun

1. diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.

Other Words From

• fancy diver noun

Example Sentences

Tom took second place in the fifty-yard race, and Ben won the competition for fancy diving.

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One showed scouts doing fancy diving from the springboard, and there were a couple showing the races on the lake.

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"I once won the fancy diving event at Travers Island," he said.

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Who are England's hopes in the discus-throwing and the fancy diving?

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