diver
See also: díver
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəɹ/
- Rhymes: -aɪvə(r)
Noun
diver (plural divers)
- Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
- Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
- (Britain, Ireland) The loon (bird).
- The New Zealand sand diver.
- The long-finned sand diver.
- (Britain, London, dated) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
- (slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.
Derived terms
Translations
someone who dives
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someone who works underwater
the loon (bird) — see loon
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *děverь.
Noun
diver m (Cyrillic spelling дивер)
- (Chakavian, Ikavian) brother-in-law (one's husband's brother)
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