free diving

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. skin diving.

Other Words From

• free diver noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of free diving¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

I started off on a cage dive, but then the man I was with, Dave Rutzen, was known for free diving with great white sharks.

From The Daily Beast

So I actually went free diving with great white sharks, with no cage.

From The Daily Beast