skin-dive

verb

To swim underwater with equipment.

Meanings

verbskin-dive (third-person singular simple present skin-dives, present participle skin-diving, simple past skin-dived or (chiefly US) skin-dove, past participle skin-dived)

present singular third person skin-dives · participle present skin-diving · past skin-dived · US past skin-dove · participle past skin-dived

Synonyms & antonyms

noununderwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

skin-dive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin-dive

MLA

“skin-dive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin-dive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skin-dive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin-dive.

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