swan dive
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noun Diving.
a forward dive in which the diver while in the air assumes a position with the arms outstretched at shoulder height and the legs straight and together, and enters the water with the arms stretched above the head.
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| (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swallow dive a type of dive in which the diver arches back while in the air, keeping his legs straight and together and his arms outstretched, finally entering the water headfirst | |
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Example sentences
Your slugs will perform a swan dive into a shallow pan of beer if you leave one out overnight.
It doesn't take a wizard to figure out that the economy's swan dive has much to do with the cube steak's resurgence.
The former beauty's swan dive into exposure and ridicule has collateral damage.
Walking did not become my default exercise until a swan dive off a ladder several years ago.
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