- skin diver
- Noun. A five pound (sterling) note. Rhyming slang on 'fiver'. See 'fiver'.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
skin diver
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skin-diver — skin diving ► NOUN ▪ the action or sport of swimming under water without a diving suit, typically using an aqualung and flippers. DERIVATIVES skin diver noun … English terms dictionary
skin diver — noun : one that engages in skin diving especially as a sport * * * skin diver, a person engaged in skin diving as his work or as a sport; free diver. * * * skin diver noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] • • • Main Entry: ↑skin dive … Useful english dictionary
skin diver — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scuba diver, submarine diver, deep sea diver, pearl diver, aquanaut, frogman*; see also diver … English dictionary for students
skin diver — • Modern Rhyming Slang for fiver (five pound note). Also deep sea diver … Londonisms dictionary
skin diver — noun see skin diving … New Collegiate Dictionary
skin-diver — See: skin diving … English dictionary
skin-diver — noun an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder • Syn: ↑aquanaut • Derivationally related forms: ↑skin dive • Hypernyms: ↑swimmer, ↑natator, ↑bather … Useful english dictionary
skin-diving — UK US noun [uncountable] the sport of swimming under the water with only light equipment and no rubber suit Thesaurus: swimming and divinghyponym Derived Word: skin diver * * * ˈskin diving [skin diver … Useful english dictionary
skin-dive — skin diver. /skin duyv /, v.i., skin dived or skin dove / dohv /, skin diving. to engage in skin diving. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
skin diving — n. underwater swimming in which the swimmer, without lines to the surface, is variously equipped with a face mask, flipperlike footgear, scuba equipment, etc. skin dive [skindīv΄] vi. skin dived, skin diving skin diver n … English World dictionary
