Definitions
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- verb To
swim underwater withequipment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
- verb swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel
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Examples
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Adventure and ecotourist groups come individually and in guided groups and cruises especially from the U.S.A. to watch whales and nesting birds, to skin-dive, kayak, sail, camp and trek.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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Finally Tom said, "Bud, we could skin-dive at this depth."
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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“You couldn’t skin-dive in that thing, not unless you wanted the fish to give you a blow job.
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html Block, Lawrence 1992
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