Diving Terminology

noun a starting point for an activity or process

• The new internship served as a springboard for her career in marketing.
• Taking that class was like a springboard to passing the exam.
• His side hustle was the perfect springboard to making extra cash.
• The success of their first product launch became a springboard for future innovations.

noun a type of dive in which the diver bends at the waist and enters the water headfirst with arms by their side

• The professional diver executed a flawless swan dive off the high platform.
• I bet I can do a better swan dive than you at the pool.
• Dude, did you see that sick swan dive off the cliff?
• She decided to take a swan dive into the world of entrepreneurship and start her own business.