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skin diving
noun
- an underwater sport in which the swimmer, equipped with a lightweight mask, foot fins, and either a snorkel or a portable air cylinder and breathing device, can move about quickly and easily underwater, as for exploring or spear fishing.
skin diving
noun
- the sport or activity of diving and underwater swimming without wearing a diver's costume
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Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱-ˌ徱, noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of skin diving1
First recorded in 1945–50
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He found Ollie one day while skin diving off the coast of Greece.
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In some cases, the Neanderthals may have gone skin diving as deep as 6 to 13 feet.
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“They also did things like freshwater fishing and even skin diving.”
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The next two monsters — each, more than two feet long — required 40 minutes of skin diving.
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Competitive spearfishing is done either with scuba gear and air tanks or by free diving, also called skin diving.
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