/skooh"beuh/ , n. , v. , scubaed, scubaing .
n.
1. 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.
2. See scuba diving .
v.i.
3. scuba-dive.
[ 1950-55; s ( elf )- c ( ontained ) u ( nderwater ) b ( reathing ) a ( pparatus ) ]