diver /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/noun 8forms 1phrases 1 noun8 •Someone who dives, especially as a sport.A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene. — 1979 •Someone who works underwater; a frogman. •A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised. •(UK, Ireland) loon (Gavia spp.) •A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae) •A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis) •(old-fashioned) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952). •(slang, no longer used) A pickpocket. formsdivers Phrases with diver autem diverPickpockets who practice in churches; also churchwardens and overseers of the poor.