scuba

[skoo-buh]

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noun

a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
scuba diving.

verb (used without object), scu·baed, scu·ba·ing.

scuba-dive.

Origin of scuba

1950–55; s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)

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Examples from the Web for scuba

Contemporary Examples

The Oculus Rift is a wearable headset that goes over the eyes like a clunky pair of scuba goggles.
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Accompanied by a guide, viewers can snorkel or scuba dive to the sculptures for an up-close look.
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April 7, 2014
Scannon found his calling while on a scuba diving trip to Palau, a group of small islands near Japan.
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November 14, 2013
If I were on a desert island I would love to have a scuba diving kit.
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October 11, 2013
Did you know the production crewmembers all had to get scuba certifications?
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October 10, 2013

Historical Examples

The speedboat was there, and so was the Scuba cart, but the rowboat wasn't.
The Electronic Mind Reader
John Blaine
The boys hurried to the room where the Scuba equipment was kept.
The Electronic Mind Reader
John Blaine
When he's wearing his scuba apparatus, he's practically a self-contained submarine.
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Gordon Randall Garrett
His Scuba was the type that combined the breathing apparatus with the full face plate.
The Wailing Octopus
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Watch the scuba diver hand feed giant turtles, sting rays and even the menacing moray eels in the Hawaiian Reef Tank.
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British Dictionary definitions for scuba

scuba

noun

1. an apparatus used in skindiving, consisting of a cylinder or cylinders containing compressed air attached to a breathing apparatus
2. (as modifier)scuba diving

Word Origin

C20: from the initials of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for scuba

1952, acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

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Examples from the Web for scuba

Contemporary Examples

The Oculus Rift is a wearable headset that goes over the eyes like a clunky pair of scuba goggles.

Accompanied by a guide, viewers can snorkel or scuba dive to the sculptures for an up-close look.

Scannon found his calling while on a scuba diving trip to Palau, a group of small islands near Japan.

If I were on a desert island I would love to have a scuba diving kit.

Did you know the production crewmembers all had to get scuba certifications?

Historical Examples

The speedboat was there, and so was the Scuba cart, but the rowboat wasn't.

The boys hurried to the room where the Scuba equipment was kept.

When he's wearing his scuba apparatus, he's practically a self-contained submarine.

His Scuba was the type that combined the breathing apparatus with the full face plate.

Watch the scuba diver hand feed giant turtles, sting rays and even the menacing moray eels in the Hawaiian Reef Tank.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for scuba

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