skin diving
noun
variants
or less commonly skin-diving
: the activity or sport of swimming beneath the surface of the water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device : free diving
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Free diving, also called skin diving, relies on breath-holding until resurfacing.
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Will Greenlee, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Also known as apnea, breath holding, or skin diving, freediving is the act of holding one’s breath underwater without a breathing apparatus.
—Women's Health, 31 July 2023
The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. Saturday while the man was body boarding and skin diving, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2021
The next two monsters — each, more than two feet long — required 40 minutes of skin diving.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
As a boy growing up in the Philippines, his dad, who was with the State Department, would frequently take him skin diving.
—Nelson Coffin, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
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Will Greenlee, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
Also known as apnea, breath holding, or skin diving, freediving is the act of holding one’s breath underwater without a breathing apparatus.
—Women's Health, 31 July 2023
The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. Saturday while the man was body boarding and skin diving, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 June 2021
The next two monsters — each, more than two feet long — required 40 minutes of skin diving.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
As a boy growing up in the Philippines, his dad, who was with the State Department, would frequently take him skin diving.
—Nelson Coffin, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
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“Skin diving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skin%20diving. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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