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(transitive) To let fly swiftly and directly.
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(diving) A backwards dive
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A diving error that results in the diver's back making an impact on the surface of the water.
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A dive in which the diver faces away from the water while taking off, and lands facing backwards.
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To perform this type of dive.
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Alternative spelling of belly flop [(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.]
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(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
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(transitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive.
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Alternative form of crash dive [(intransitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To perform a crash dive.]
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(aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
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A downward swooping motion.
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(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
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(surfing) To push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break.
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Alternative form of duck dive [(surfing) The action of duck diving (see verb).]
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(idiomatic) To pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction
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(idiomatic) to have one's fly (zipper) undone.
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(diving) A dive in which the diver faces the water while taking off, and lands facing forward.
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A headlong fall, jump or dive.
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(intransitive, surfing) To lie flat on one's board (face down) in order to be propelled shorewards by a broken wave.
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(aquatics) a type of entry into the water when diving from a platform or springboard where no splash results after the entire body has entered the water (the splash only results from initial contact and not at the end).
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(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
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A headfirst dive with one's body erect and hands by one's sides.
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To dive using the saturation diving method.
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To swim underwater with equipment.
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simple past tense of skin-dive
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(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
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The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.
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Alternative form of stagedive [To leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.]
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Alternative form of stagedive [To leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.]
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To leap from the stage of a concert onto the audience below.
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(diving) A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing.
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(diving) to perform a swan dive
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Alternative form of swan dive [(diving) A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing.]
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Alternative form of tank slapper [A phenomenon resulting from inadequate dampening of the steering of a motorcycle at high speed. This results in the violent oscillation of the handlebars from left to right, so that they make contact with the gas tank, which is situated on the chassis between them. Is also used frequently to describe a vehicle that loses and regains traction at the rear of the car, whilst the front retains traction.]
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A rotation of the body when diving.
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A person skillful in, or who often goes, web diving.
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