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swan-diving

swan-diving is the present participle and gerund of swan-dive.

Meaning of swan-dive

Verb

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

  1. to perform a swan dive
  2. (figuratively) to plummet, drop rapidly

Questions about swan-diving

What is swan-diving the present participle and gerund of?
Swan-diving is the present participle and gerund of swan-dive.

Words near swan-diving in the dictionary

  1. swan's road
  2. swan's-down
  3. swan-dive
  4. swan-dived
  5. swan-dives
  6. swan-diving
  7. swan-necked
  8. swan-pan
  9. swan-pans
  10. swan-shot
  11. swan-song

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