scuba-dive

American  

[skoo-buh-dahyv] / ˈsku bəˌdaɪv /

Also scuba dive,

verb (used without object)

scuba-dived, scuba-dove, scuba-dived, scuba-diving

1. to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.

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Etymology

Origin of scuba-dive

First recorded in 1960–65

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

scuba-dive scuba-dived scuba-diving

This outfitter sets guests up with everything needed to scuba-dive in the region’s blue waters.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

He’s considering a trip to Antarctica to scuba-dive beneath the icebergs.

From Forbes ● Jun. 4, 2013

I hadn’t scuba-dived in 15 years, and here I was with blacktip reef sharks and sea turtles swimming into the raking light with plankton.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

I had not scuba-dived in years, but I figured it was like riding a bike.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

In fact, Wahlberg and Zinke scuba-dived into the aquarium.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2017

They scuba-dived, swam and snorkeled in ocean water subjected to fallout, he says, and ate fresh fish from those waters.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

The week after his triumph, Tiger scuba-dived in the Bahamas.

From Time Magazine Archive

The actor reportedly paid $1.75 million for the property after being inspired by a scuba-diving trip to Belize’s coral reefs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Both of us later ended up on the same boat for a scuba-diving expedition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Anoles are the scuba-diving champions of the lizard world, able to stay underwater for more than 16 minutes.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

He was a short, intense man with a whipcord body who had been through the Green Berets’ scuba-diving school.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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