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back dive
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbæk ˌdaɪv/ us /ˈbæk ˌdaɪv/
In diving(= the sport of jumping into water, with your head and arms going in first), if you do a back dive, you start with your body facing away from the water:
He won the competition with a back dive with two and a half somersaults in the pike position.
When you are first learning to dive, back dives can be a bit intimidating, but can soon be mastered.
The back dive is one of the six basic types of dive.
He has been practising a new back dive which has a very high degree of difficulty.
She nailed the back dive in the final round of the competition.
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