Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dive
noundiving (countable and uncountable, plural divings)
plural divings
- countableuncountableThe action of the verb to dive in any sense.
- countableuncountableThe sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
- countableuncountableDescending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
- countableuncountableball gamesThe act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty.
Synonyms: flopping
adjectivediving (not comparable)
- not comparableThat or who dives or dive.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty.
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Origin
By surface analysis, dive + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَطس
- غَطسsport of jumping head first into water
Bulgarian гмуркане, скок във вода
- гмуркане (gmurkane)action of the verb "to dive"
- скок във вода (skok văv voda)sport of jumping head first into water
- гмуркане (gmurkane)practice of swimming underwater
Catalan salts
- saltssport of jumping head first into water
Chinese Mandarin 跳水, 潛水 /潜水
- 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ)sport of jumping head first into water
- 潛水 /潜水 (qiánshuǐ)practice of swimming underwater
Danish udspring, dykning
- udspringsport of jumping head first into water
- dykningpractice of swimming underwater
- dykkendethat or who dives or dive
Finnish sukeltaminen, uimahyppy
- sukeltaminenaction of the verb "to dive"
- uimahyppysport of jumping head first into water
- sukelluspractice of swimming underwater
- sukeltavathat or who dives or dive
French plongeon, plongeon
- plongeonaction of the verb "to dive"
- plongeonsport of jumping head first into water
- plongée sous-marinepractice of swimming underwater
- plongeantthat or who dives or dive
- plongeurthat or who dives or dive
German Wasserspringen, Tauchen
- Wasserspringensport of jumping head first into water
- Tauchenpractice of swimming underwater
Greek κατάδυση, καταδύσεις
- κατάδυση (katádysi)action of the verb "to dive"
- καταδύσεις (katadýseis)sport of jumping head first into water
- κατάδυση (katádysi)practice of swimming underwater
Hebrew קפיצה למים, צלילה
- קפיצה למיםsport of jumping head first into water
- צלילהpractice of swimming underwater
Hungarian búvárkodás
- búvárkodáspractice of swimming underwater
Indonesian loncat indah, penyelaman
- loncat indahsport of jumping head first into water
- penyelamanpractice of swimming underwater
Italian tuffi, subacquea
- tuffisport of jumping head first into water
- subacqueapractice of swimming underwater
Japanese ダイビング
- ダイビング (daibingu)practice of swimming underwater
Korean 다이빙
- 다이빙 (daibing)practice of swimming underwater
Latvian niršana, daiļlēkšana
- niršanaaction of the verb "to dive"
- daiļlēkšanasport of jumping head first into water
Norwegian Bokmål stuping
- stupingsport of jumping head first into water
Polish skoki do wody, nurkowanie
- skoki do wodysport of jumping head first into water
- nurkowaniepractice of swimming underwater
Russian ныря́ние, ныря́ние
- ныря́ние (nyrjánije)action of the verb "to dive"
- ныря́ние (nyrjánije)sport of jumping head first into water
- прыжки́ в во́ду (pryžkí v vódu)sport of jumping head first into water
- ныря́ние (nyrjánije)practice of swimming underwater
- да́йвинг (dájving)practice of swimming underwater
- подво́дное пла́вание (podvódnoje plávanije)practice of swimming underwater
Spanish zambullida, zambullidura
- zambullidaaction of the verb "to dive"
- zambulliduraaction of the verb "to dive"
- zambullónaction of the verb "to dive"
- zambullimientoaction of the verb "to dive"
- zabullidaaction of the verb "to dive"
- zabulliduraaction of the verb "to dive"
- zabullimientoaction of the verb "to dive"
- clavadosport of jumping head first into water
- clavadasport of jumping head first into water
- clavadismosport of jumping head first into water
- piscinazoact of pretending to be tripped
- buceopractice of swimming underwater
Swedish dykning
- dykningpractice of swimming underwater
Ukrainian да́йвінг
- да́йвінг (dájvinh)practice of swimming underwater
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diving
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“diving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diving. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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