Reverse Dictionary: SWIM

ADJECTIVES
► NATANT swimming, floating → 1753
► NATATILE able to swim → 1721 obs.
► NATATIONAL relating to swimming → 1883
► NATATORIAL belonging to swimming → 1816
► NATATORY 1. belonging to swimming → 1836
2. characterized by swimming → 1887

NOUNS
► AUAU swimming, bathing → 1938 Hawaii
► BOGEY 1. a swim or bath in a creek, waterhole, etc. → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2. a swimming hole → Aust. sl.
► BOGEYHOLE a swimming hole → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOMB a jump into water with the knees tucked into the chest and the arms clasped about the knees, with the intent of making a large splash, esp. to annoy nearby swimmers → Aust. sl.
► BROWN-EYED MULLET faeces floating anywhere people swim → 20C Aust. sl.
► BUCK BATHING nude swimming → 1931 Amer. dial.
► COCKIE’S CLIP a swim → 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘dip’
► DARK AND DIM a swim → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► DIP a short swim → 1843 UK sl.
► LIDO a public open-air swimming pool → Brit.
► NATATION the act or art of swimming → 1623
► NATATORY a swimming-bath, a pool → c1400 obs.
► SKINNY-DIP a nude swim → 1960s US colloq.
► SOUND the action or power of swimming → 893 obs.
► TIGER (TIM) a swim → 1984 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► WASH-HOLE an area of comparatively deep water in a stream, used for bathing or swimming; a swimming hole → 1872 Amer. dial.
► WASHING bathing, swimming → 1897 Amer. dial.
► WASHING HOLE an area of comparatively deep water in a stream, used for bathing or swimming; a swimming hole → 1894 Amer. dial.
► WASHUP a swimming hole; a large pool area in a large stream → 1978 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FANNY-DIPPER a swimmer, as opposed to a surfer → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FANNY-DUNKER in surfing: a wader or swimmer → 1968 surfing sl.
► ICEBERG someone who regularly takes an early morning swim throughout the winter; anyone who braves the water on a cold morning → 1932 Aust. sl.
► ICEBERGER one who swims in the sea all year round → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► NATATIONIST a swimmer → 1891
► SALT SUCKER an individual from the Midwest who forgets to close his or her mouth when he or she swims in the ocean → 2006 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SHARKBAIT someone who swims much further out to sea than other swimmers → 1920 Aust. colloq.
► SKINNY-DIPPER a person who swims in the nude → 1970s sl.
► SWIMMIST a habitual or professional swimmer → 1881
► WALRUS an awkward person; one who cannot swim; also, one who does not know how to dance → c1935 Amer. student sl. 

VERBS
► AUAU to swim; to bathe in the sea or a stream → 1938 Hawaii
► BOGEY ► BOGIE to take a swim or bath in a bogey-hole (swimming hole) → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOMB to jump into a pool, waterhole, etc., in a tucked up position so as to create a large splash → Aust. sl.
► DARK AND DIM to swim → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► GO A DUCKING to go swimming → 1768 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GO IN WASHING to go swimming → 1861 Amer. dial.
► SKINNY-DIP to swim in the nude → 1966 US colloq.