skin-dive

verb

ˈskin-ˌdīv 

skin-dived; skin-diving; skin-dives

intransitive verb

: to swim beneath the surface of water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers : free-dive

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for skin-dive

• alive
• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• revive
• survive
• dive
• drive

Kids Definition

skin-dive

verb

ˈskin-ˌdīv

: to swim underwater with a face mask and flippers and sometimes with a portable breathing device

skin diver noun

skin-diving

-ˌdī-vīŋ

noun