This is the English word I want to get tattooed on my wrist. It means “to keep breathing even though the water rises all around you.” English is such a mystical exotic language. They can fit so much meaning into so small a word.
…because it’s not a word, it’s an acronym, for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. …Also I’m pretty sure that even when used as a verb, or anything other than a noun, it still doesn’t mean what you think it means. From the way you worded your post it sounds like you’re a non-native English speaker (and I don’t really care if you are or aren’t), and it sounds like you’re about to do what a lot of US citizens like to do and tattoo Japanese or Chinese words on our bodies without knowing what they really mean-which, I may note, is an incredibly stupid thing to do. So please, save yourself from being ridiculed and don’t get this tattooed on your arm. .