water sport

Other forms: water sports

Definitions of water sport
  1. noun
    sports that involve bodies of water
    synonyms: aquatics
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    swim, swimming
    the act of swimming
    surfboarding, surfing, surfriding
    the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
    water-skiing
    skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat
    bathe
    the act of swimming
    skinny-dip
    a naked swim
    dip, plunge
    a brief swim in water
    dive, diving
    a headlong plunge into water
    floating, natation
    the act of someone who floats on the water
    skin diving, skin-dive
    underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
    type of:
    athletics, sport
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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