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swandive

swandive is the alternative form of swan dive.

Meaning of swan dive

Noun

swan dive (plural swan dives)

  1. A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing.
    Synonyms:
    swallow dive
  2. A similar movement out of the water.
  3. (figuratively) A sharp drop or steep decline.

Forms of swandive

pluralswandives

Questions about swandive

What is swandive the alternative form of?
Swandive is the alternative form of swan dive.

Words near swandive in the dictionary

  1. Swanbrook
  2. Swancott
  3. Swancotts
  4. Swander
  5. Swanders
  6. swandive
  7. swandives
  8. swandown
  9. swandowns
  10. swanee whistle
  11. swanee whistles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swandive (page history and authors); swan dive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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