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snorkel

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snor⋅kel

[snawr-kuhl]
–noun
1. Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
2. a hard rubber or plastic tube through which a swimmer can breathe while moving face down at or just below the surface of the water.
–verb (used without object)
3. to engage in snorkeling.

Origin:
1940–45; < G Schnorchel air intake


snor⋅kel⋅er, noun
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snor·kel   (snôr'kəl)   
n.  
  1. A breathing apparatus used by swimmers and skin divers, consisting of a long tube held in the mouth.

  2. A retractable vertical tube in a diesel-engine submarine that contains air-intake and exhaust pipes for the engines and for ventilation, permitting extended periods of submergence at periscope depth.

intr.v.   snor·keled, snor·kel·ing, snor·kels
To dive using a snorkel.

[German Schnorchel, from dialectal, nose (from its resemblance in shape to a nose).]
snor'kel·er n.
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