divingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/us/ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/diving noun [ U ] (SWIMMING)
B1 the sport of jumping into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or of swimming underwater
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Swimming
- aquatics
- armband
- backstroke
- bellyflop
- butterfly
- depth
- diving board
- dog paddle
- dove
- frogman
- gala
- pearl diver
- scissor kick
- scuba diving
- shaken
- snorkel
- stroke
- swallow dive
- swan dive
- swimming baths
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diving noun [ U ] (FOOTBALL)
in football, the act of deliberately falling to the ground without another player causing you to fall in order to try to win a penalty or free kick unfairly:
Suarez was booked for diving.
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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