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duck dive

duck dive verb: to push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break.

Verb

duck dive (third-person singular simple present duck dives, present participle duck diving, simple past duck dived or (chiefly US) duck dove, past participle duck dived)

  1. To push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break.

Noun

duck dive (plural duck dives)

  1. The action of duck diving (see verb).

Forms of duck dive

Verb
third-person singular presentduck dives
present participleduck diving
pastduck dived
past USduck dove
past participleduck dived
Noun
pluralduck dives

Origin of duck dive

From the way a duck puts its head down and bottom up in the air when diving underwater.

Questions about duck dive

What does duck dive mean?
Duck dive means to push one's surfboard (usually a shortboard) underwater nose-first, to get the surfer and board under a wave that has broken or is just about to break.
What part of speech is duck dive?
Duck dive can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of duck dive?
The past tense of duck dive is duck dived.

Words near duck dive in the dictionary

  1. duck decoy
  2. duck decoys
  3. duck derbies
  4. duck derby
  5. duck dinner
  6. duck dive
  7. duck dived
  8. duck dives
  9. duck diving
  10. duck down
  11. duck drownder

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