"scuba" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskuːbə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scuba.wav Forms: scubas [plural]
Rhymes: -uːbə Etymology: From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Etymology templates: {{acronym|en|self-contained underwater breathing apparatus|nocap=1}} acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus Head templates: {{en-noun}} scuba (plural scubas)
  1. (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater. Categories (topical): Underwater diving Derived forms: scuba diver, scuba diving, scuba set Related terms: SCBA Translations (diving equipment — see also aqualung): акваланг (akvalang) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 水肺 (shuǐfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), Drucklufttauchgerät (German), DTG [neuter] (German), Tauchgerät (note: for short) [neuter] (German), légzőkészülék (Hungarian), könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülék (Hungarian), スキューバ (sukyūba) (Japanese), akwalung [masculine] (Polish), аквала́нг (akvaláng) [masculine] (Russian), ску́ба (skúba) [feminine] (Russian), สกูบา (sà-gu-báa) (Thai)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: SCUBA

Verb

IPA: /ˈskuːbə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scuba.wav Forms: scubas [present, singular, third-person], scubaing [participle, present], scubaed [participle, past], scubaed [past]
Rhymes: -uːbə Etymology: From SCUBA, acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Etymology templates: {{acronym|en|self-contained underwater breathing apparatus|nocap=1}} acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} scuba (third-person singular simple present scubas, present participle scubaing, simple past and past participle scubaed)
  1. (rare) To perform scuba diving. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-scuba-en-verb--ig6eqrZ
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Synonyms: SCUBA

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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