diver

[dahy-ver] /ˈdaɪ vər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that dives.
2.
a person who makes a business of diving, as for pearl oysters or to examine sunken vessels.
3.
British. a loon.
4.
any of several other birds noted for their skill in diving.
Origin
1500-10; dive + -er1
Examples from the web for diver
  • Enjoy feeding shows, including our two-story kelp forest tank show where you can talk directly with a diver underwater.
  • The diver had no interest in her and she was getting desperate.
  • He is also a scientific, technical and recreational diver.
  • The danger is that a new, or in-frequent diver cannot manage that level of task loading and panics.
  • Something similar happens when a scuba diver looks up and sees the sea surface acting as a mirror.
  • Then there's protection for catfish production, aid for sky-diver companies and all sorts of nonsense.
  • From a fellow diver and lobster researcher he heard about an area where an unusual number of small lobsters had been seen.
  • So the living veneer of this reef, the part a diver sees, is ever changing.
  • In this test, our diver slowly releases a bottle of urine into the shark-infested waters.
  • When you squeeze the bottle, the air space gets smaller and the diver sinks.
British Dictionary definitions for diver

diver

/ˈdaɪvə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that dives
2.
a person who works or explores underwater
3.
Also called loom. any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving US and Canadian name loon
4.
any of various other diving birds
5.
(soccer, slang) a player who pretends to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty
Word Origin and History for diver
n.

c.1500, agent noun from dive (v.).

Slang definitions & phrases for diver

diver

Related Terms

muff-diver