to lifeguard
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- verb
- /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑrd/
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- During the summer, I plan to lifeguard at the local beach to ensure the safety of all visitors.
- summer lifeguarding
- work as a lifeguard
Examples
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She was excited to lifeguard at the community pool after completing her training.
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I spend my time teaching gymnastics, giving swimming lessons, and lifeguarding.
Academic text (2000) -
Unless I go back to lifeguarding, sitting up with that stand man in the middle there in the summer.
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I tell him that, and he asks me about lifeguarding.
Fiction book (1995) -
Well, uh, you know, I'm still waiting for those scholarships to come through, and until then, I'm lifeguarding, you know.
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That has been a pet peeve of mine since my first job lifeguarding when the people who always wanted to leave early were the ones who complained about not having enough money.
Blog text (34) -
"But by then I had my other friends, and I wasn't around the house as much as I once was, and they started to put her on medications, and the words moldered and stopped coming out of her mouth in that particular order, the order I understood, and during the summer I had my jobs; by then I was lifeguarding and had gotten interested in computers and girls when I was at home.
Fiction book (1996) -
Listening to NPR, Freakonomics, and Marketplace while lifeguarding at an inner-city YMCA through grad school turned me into a Libertarian.
Blog text (1) -
After obtaining my lifeguard certification, I immediately started to lifeguard at the sports complex.
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Etymology
Lifeguard as a verb is made from life + guard and means to 'guard people's lives' near water. So to lifeguard is to work watching swimmers and keeping them safe.