skin-dive
verb (used without object)
to engage in skin diving.
skin diver
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a word derived from
skin-dive.
skin-diver
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a word derived from
skin diving.
skin divingnounan underwater sport in which the swimmer, equipped with a lightweight mask, foot fins, and either a snorkel or a portable air cylinder and breathing device, can move about quickly and easily underwater, as for exploring or spear fishing.
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Tom, an expert skin diver, had never before felt such a sense of ease and freedom under water.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
It would enable a skin diver to operate indefinitely under water at jet-propelled speed—invisible to enemy "eyes," yet be able to spy out any hostile undersea prowlers, including supposedly "undetectable" submarines!
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
"What's needed is a new type of breathing device—one that will eliminate bulky air tanks and permit a skin diver to stay down for long periods."
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
Using Mel Flagler as a subject, Tom also tape-recorded the sound of a skin diver propelled through the water by ion drive.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
A vacationing skin diver would know that a snorkel is nothing but a tube that allows a swimmer to float face down on the surface of the water while looking for something to dive after.
From The Wailing Octopus by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
He is a "skin-diver," and loves nothing better than swimming under water with mask and air cylinder.
From Time Magazine Archive
