Swallow-dive
noun, Chiefly British.
1.
swan dive.
swallow dive
noun
1.
a type of dive in which the diver arches back while in the air, keeping his legs straight and together and his arms oustretched, finally entering the water headfirst US and Canadian equivalent swan dive
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