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Person who works underwater using a portable air supply
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frogman
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Allan McKay's body was recovered by police frogmen on 10 September. ▪ And frogmen have been dragging the River Severn near Hardwicke looking for clues. ▪ At York University ... Police frogmen have been searching lakes looking ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who works underwater [syn: diver , underwater diver ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"scuba diver in rubber suit," 1945, from frog (n.1) + man (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear). 2 A US Navy SEAL.
Usage examples of frogman.
Round about me there was womanlessness, jawlines, crewcuts, hunks leathered up like frogmen, Adam in full stubble and muscle and sweat.
Meantime, there were tugs, frogmen, oil pipeline emergency crews, support vessels, cranes, and divers hurtling toward the shallows north of the Overfall Shoal from where the pumping oil seemed to emanate.
Exploding out of the muck beneath the ship, he collided with the lead Iranian frogman, left hand blocking the other's bangstick hand, knife hand spearing for the throat.
But the mid-thirties unit, seated under a blurry photo of the statue of the marine, hair to his shoulders, Nicaraguan peasant necklace, bicycle helmet on the table, now this was a GEE frogman.
We went out in the boat and then Fernie used his frogman gear and a powered undersea sled to get under the hull of the moving ship and remove the container that was held on the bilge keel by magnetic clamps.
They gave the ship time to clear customs, then had a frogman go under it while it was at the quayside and prise the horse loose.
Other kinetics and the frogmen worked loose the steel cable and it was hoisted out of the way.
At sea we had three Zodiacs, two frogmen, a guy in a moon suit, and our mother ship, the Blowfish.
I also tossed him a videotape, stock footage of GEE frogmen working off of Zodiacs, plugging pipes.