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diver

Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/

The English word “diver” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
  2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
  3. loon (Gavia spp.)
  4. A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
  5. A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
  6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
  7. A pickpocket.
  8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

Etymology

From dive + -er.

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