diver
noun/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
Etymology From dive + -er.
8 senses
- 1Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
- 2Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
- 3loon (Gavia spp.)
- 4A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
- 5A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
- 6A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route…
- 7A pickpocket.
- 8A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly…
1
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
- A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene.1979 August 25, “Body Found Near the Fenway”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 2:
2
Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
4
A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
5
A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
6
London, Dated A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
8
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
- Derived terms
34 terms
autem diver, black-diver, black-throated diver, Cartesian diver, cave diver, deep diver, diverless, dumpster diver, dumpster-diver, dun diver, earth-diver, free-diver, graveldiver, great northern diver, hell-diver, muff diver, muff-diver, Pacific diver, paradiver, pearl diver, red-throated diver, ruddy diver, sand diver, sat diver, saturation diver, scuba diver, skin-diver, smoke diver, spider diver, sportdiver, stage diver, synchronized diver, web diver, white-billed diver