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diver

/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
div-er
IPA
/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

noun

Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

noun

loon (Gavia spp.)

British usage

noun

A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)

noun

A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)

noun

A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).

Dated

noun

A pickpocket.

Obsolete; Slang

noun

A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English dive Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English diver From dive + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

divers (plural)

Derived Forms

diverless graveldiver paradiver sportdiver

Phrases

autem diver black-diver black-throated diver Cartesian diver cave diver deep diver dumpster diver dumpster-diver

Frequently Paired Words

diving scuba

Synonyms

urinator loon plunger underwater diver

Rhymes With

driver survivor ivor iver shriver macgyver siver niver skiver schriver scriver schryver

Questions

How do you pronounce diver?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/.
What does diver mean?
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
Where does diver come from?
Etymology tree English dive Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English diver From dive + -er.

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