All 3 Uses

diversion
in
Big Nate - In a Class by Himself
(Edited)

"ANY kind of diversion!" I say. "Just distract Mr. Rosa for five or ten seconds. That's all the time I'll need."
p. 116.4 *

diversion = something to draw attention
I NEED A DIVERSION.
p. 116.9

diversion = something that draws someone's attention so they don't notice something else
WHAT KIND OF DIVERSION?
p. 116.9

diversion = distraction (something that draws someone's attention so they don't notice something else)

Definitions:

(1) (diversion as in: a diversion to draw troops away)
a distraction -- something that draws someone's attention so they don't notice something else
(2) (diversion as in: a favorite diversion is reading)
something done for entertainment
(3) (diversion as in: diversion of flights)
the act or instance of changing the direction of something or changing the use to which it is put; or a British term for detour (an alternate route due to a road closure)
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)