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paragliding
[ par-uh-glahy-ding ]
noun
- a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
paragliding
/ ˈ±èæ°ùəˌɡ±ô²¹Éª»åɪŋ /
noun
- the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è²¹°ù²¹ËŒ²µ±ô¾±»å±ð°ù, noun
Example Sentences
"I thought I had just slept funny on a sun lounger, I was hoping to go paragliding but because of my backache I couldn't go," he says.
The Oceanwide Plaza project, located across Figueroa street from Crypto.com Arena, has become a site for graffiti tagging and even paragliding in recent weeks and posed a headache for city officials and authorities alike.
Footage of fighters using paragliding equipment was also not published until the 7 October attack was under way.
We saw shocking images of Hamas fighters riding motorbikes through holes cut in Gaza's perimeter fence, paragliding into southern Israel, storming heavily fortified military bases and filming themselves in the gardens of overrun kibbutzim.
The filming above Buttermere saw the actor fly about two to three times faster than paragliding with rapid spirals and drops.
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