aqualungn.
/ˈakwəlʌŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑkwəˌləŋ/, /ˈækwəˌləŋ/ A portable diving apparatus consisting of containers of compressed air strapped on the back which feed air automatically through a valve and mouthpiece to the diver as he requires it. Also attributive.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > equipment
armour1721
lifeline1808
shot line1884
plumper line1896
shot rope1909
aqualung1950
scuba1952
snorkel1953
weight belt1955
umbilical pipe1968
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > skin-diving > [noun] > equipment
mask1945
aqualung1950
scuba1952
snorkel1953
1950 Sci. News Let. 11 Nov. 306/3 The underwater photographer is equipped with an ‘Aqualung’, an automatic compressed air, self-contained diving unit.
1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World i. 1 In June 1943..a new and promising device..an automatic compressed-air diving lung conceived by Émile Gagnan and myself... No children ever opened a Christmas present with more excitement than we did when we unpacked the first ‘aqualung’.
1959 Elizabethan June 21/1 Fishermen are still bringing up old cannon and bits of bronze from the great galleons of the Spanish Armada, some awaiting excavation by aqualung divers.
Derivatives
ˈaqualunger n. /-ŋ-/ a user of the aqualung.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > one who
diver1511
urinator1648
skin-diver1892
frogman1945
free-diver1951
aqualunger1952
goggle-diver1953
frogwoman1963
scuba-diver1963
snorkeller1963
saturation diver1966
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > skin-diving > [noun] > participant
skin-diver1932
aqualunger1952
goggle-diver1953
scuba-diver1963
snorkeller1963
1952 J. Y. Cousteau in National Geographic Mag. Oct. 434 Moving in a dense element, Aqualungers must learn to be languid.
ˈaqualung v. (intransitive) to use this equipment.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > swim underwater
diveOE
urinate1623
skin-dive1936
goggle-dive1953
aqualung1961
fin1964
scuba1977
scuba-dive1980
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > skin-diving > skin-dive [verb (intransitive)] > using specific equipment
snorkel1959
aqualung1961
scuba1977
scuba-dive1980
1961 I. Fleming Thunderball xviii. 199 You oughtn't to aqualung by yourself.
ˈaqualunging n.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming
urination1697
diving1743–5
skin-diving1905
free-diving1948
scuba1952
aqualunging1953
goggle-diving1953
sub-aqua1957
snorkelling1959
scuba-diving1962
saturation diving1965
saturated diving1967
scubaing1973
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > skin-diving > [noun]
skin-diving1905
skin dive1936
free-diving1948
aqualunging1953
goggle-dive1953
sub-aqua1957
snorkelling1959
scuba-diving1962
scubaing1973
scuba1975
1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World i. 96 (caption) Auguste Piccard, inventor of the Bathyscaphe, the undersea dirigible, tries aqualunging at Dakar.
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