diver

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See also: díver

English

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Etymology

dive +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəɹ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

diver (plural divers)

  1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
    Synonym: (obsolete) urinator
    • 1979 August 25, “Body Found Near the Fenway”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 6, page 2:
      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.
  2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
  3. (UK, Ireland) loon (bird)
  4. The New Zealand sand diver.
  5. The long-finned sand diver.
  6. (UK, London, dated) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
  7. (slang, obsolete) pickpocket
  8. (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

Translations

loon (bird) — see loon

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děverь.

Noun

dȉver m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏вер)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) brother-in-law (one's husband's brother)
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