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swallow dive

noun

Chiefly British.


swallow dive

noun

  1. a type of dive in which the diver arches back while in the air, keeping his legs straight and together and his arms oustretched, finally entering the water headfirst US and Canadian equivalentswan dive
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swallow dive1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Perhaps buoyed by the raucous home support, perhaps simply caught up in the moment, he launched himself high into the air, a flamboyant swallow dive to release the pent-up tension of the match.

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No-one really minds, because it is about the ferocity of rivalry and battle rather than sweet hands and swallow dives.

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Ashton flowed past him, ending with the swallow dive of old.

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One swallow dive does not make a winter and all that.

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One swallow dive of delight against New Zealand does not a team of big heads make.

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