Wiktionary
n. 1 (context diving English) A forward dive performed with an arched back, the legs together, starting with arms outstretched when jumping, bringing them over the head when landing. 2 A similar movement out of the water. 3 (context figuratively English) a sharp drop, sharp decline
WordNet
n. a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water [syn: swallow dive]
Wikipedia
Swan Dive is an American bossa nova/pop musical duo composed of Bill DeMain and Molly Felder. Founded in 1995, Swan Dive is best known for its album Circle, released in 1998.
Swan Dive has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and opened shows for Norah Jones, Over the Rhine and Sixpence None the Richer, and their music has been heard on television shows such as Felicity, The L Word and Unfabulous. The group has attracted fans both on the local scene and abroad, particularly Japan, Korea and Thailand, where they've earned four Top 10 singles along with television appearances and multi-city tours. In early 2002, Swan Dive's Circle won in The 1st Annual Independent Music Awards for Pop Song.
Bill DeMain is a Grammy-nominated writer (The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection) and freelance journalist, whose songs have been recorded by Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones, Marshall Crenshaw, Jill Sobule, Amy Rigby, Marti Jones and others. Molly Felder has also sung jingles on a number of national advertising campaigns including Pepsi, Michelob and Chevrolet, and has backed well-known artists including Amy Grant, Michael McDonald and Ricky Skaggs.
Usage examples of "swan dive".
But one summer day he steered it off the gorge road on a return trip from a wood run to Conejos Junction, was somehow thrown clear onto a ledge, and from that spectacular vantage point he watched his rattletrap do a swan dive into the Rio Grande eight hundred feet below.
It would be Loretta, coming to close the door, and if she had his gun he was going to do a swan dive off the steps, because the way he was behaving she'd be scared enough to shoot.
Balancing on the balls of his feet, he executed a graceful swan dive out over the glittering city.
Took a swan dive from the sixth floor into one of the flower beds.