paragliding

[ par-uh-glahy-ding ]

noun

1. a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.

paragliding

/ ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.

Derived Forms

• ˈparaˌglider, noun

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

The moribund Oceanwide Plaza project, an unfinished development across the street from Crypto.com Arena, became the source of a new headache for Los Angeles officials this week when multiple people used the high-rise as a launching pad for paragliding.

From Los Angeles Times

He says it is a bit like paragliding, except that instead of gliding, you run off a cliff and plummet to the ground, but on that day he was "trying to be a hero when I was really a beginner".

From BBC

Footage of fighters using paragliding equipment was also not published until the 7 October attack was under way.

From BBC

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.

From BBC