swan dive

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nounDiving.
  1. 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.

Origin of swan dive

1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Other definitions for swan-dive (2 of 2)

swan-dive
[ swon-dahyv ]

verb (used without object),swan-dived, swan-div·ing.
  1. to perform a swan dive.

  2. to decrease suddenly and decisively; plummet: Stock prices swan-dived overnight.

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British Dictionary definitions for swan dive

swan dive

noun
  1. US and Canadian 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: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swallow dive

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