swallow dive

noun

Chiefly British.

1. swan dive.

swallow dive

noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: swan dive. a type of dive in which the diver arches back while in the air, keeping his legs straight and together and his arms oustretched, finally entering the water headfirst

Word History and Origins

Origin of swallow dive¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

A basketball-style finger-roll lob in the direction of a beaten defender against Castres and an extravagant swallow dive against Bristol were two recent efforts.

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Perhaps buoyed by the raucous home support, perhaps simply caught up in the moment, he launched himself high into the air, a flamboyant swallow dive to release the pent-up tension of the match.

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No-one really minds, because it is about the ferocity of rivalry and battle rather than sweet hands and swallow dives.

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Ashton flowed past him, ending with the swallow dive of old.

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One swallow dive does not make a winter and all that.

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