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scu·ba
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ˈsku
bə
/
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skoo
-b
uh
]
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noun,
verb,
scu·baed,
scu·ba·ing.
noun
1.
a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
2.
scuba diving
.
verb (used without object)
3.
scuba-dive
.
Origin:
1950–55;
s(elf
)-
c(ontained)
u(nderwater)
b(reathing)
a(pparatus)
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scuba
(ˈskjuːbə)
—
n
a. an apparatus used in skindiving, consisting of a cylinder or cylinders containing compressed air attached to a breathing apparatus
b. (
as modifier
):
scuba diving
[C20: from the initials of
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
scuba
1952, acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
scuba
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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