aqualung

/ ˈækwəˌlʌŋ /

noun

1. breathing apparatus used by divers, etc, consisting of a mouthpiece attached to air cylinders strapped to the back

Example Sentences

The seeds for one of the Grammys’ most objectively wacky choices — Jethro Tull over Metallica for hard rock/metal performance in 1989 — were sown on this ripping track from 1971’s “Aqualung.”

From Los Angeles Times

However, he does take an affectionate swipe at his friend John Clute, “perhaps our finest reviewer,” who “writes so vividly of subtext that he occasionally forgets, as he inhales the electrifying pure oxygen of his inbuilt aqualung, that there is an ordinary text up there on the surface, a position he visits only occasionally with a magisterial gruffle and spout before he sounds again into our sf deeps.”

From Washington Post

But “Becoming Cousteau” also looks at the man behind these roles, which include the invention of the aqualung diving apparatus and hosting the hugely popular television series “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau,” which ran from 1968 to 1976.

From Washington Post

The sound of his voice could best be compared with a greasy Aqualung weirdo in an unmarked van coaxing children into the back with the promise of candy bars if they acquiesce.

From Salon

Please Aqualung, don’t hurt ’em!

From New York Times