freediving en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free English diving English freediving From free + diving.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of free-diving.
alt of free-diving
He always said freediving was the best way to spearfish because it required enormous patience and concentration, without the benefit of a scuba tank, to hold one’s position until the right prey came along.
2020 July 14, Tom Mashberg, “Jay Riffe, Spearfishing King, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times: