scu•ba
Pronunciation: (sk'bu), [key]
— n., v., scu•baed, scu•ba•ing.
—n.
- a portable breathing device for free-swimming divers, consisting of a mouthpiece joined by hoses to one or two tanks of compressed air that are strapped on the back.
- See
—v.i.
- scuba-dive.
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