wetsuit

American  

[wet-soot] / ˈwɛtˌsut /

Or wet suit

noun

1. a close-fitting rubber garment worn by a diver in cold water that allows a thin, insulating layer of water to collect between the diver's skin and the suit in order to retain body heat.

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Etymology

Origin of wetsuit

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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wetsuit

Bobbing around the shore in goggles and a wetsuit, an energetic Wu shares from her decades of experience practising the tradition she had learned from her father as a teenager.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Cal Fire crews used a rope system to retrieve the body of the swimmer, clad in a black-and-blue wetsuit, from a remote stretch of beach south of Davenport, according to officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025

An engineering marvel, the iPhone Air is roughly the thickness of a winter wetsuit yet packs faster computing power than Intel’s desktop Mac chips from just a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

In the midst of a mass – or "smack" – of Pacific sea nettles, Mr Pace coated any skin not covered by his wetsuit with petroleum jelly to protect himself from stings.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

I wished I was in my wetsuit, a thousand wetsuits.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson