skydive

American  

[skahy-dahyv] / ˈskaɪˌdaɪv /

verb (used without object)

skydived, skydove, skydived, skydiving

1. to engage in skydiving.

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skydive British  

/ ˈskaɪˌdaɪv /

verb

1. (intr) to take part in skydiving

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Other Word Forms

• skydiver noun

Etymology

Origin of skydive

First recorded in 1960–65; sky + dive

Example Sentences

"Teaching people to skydive has always been in my opinion the most rewarding job at the drop zone," Mr Fuller said in an Instagram post in June.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Above her couch, she has hung her most prized family possessions: photos of her grandmother featured in the Evansville Press in Indiana in 1964 after she learned to skydive and joined a parachute club.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

The year after his procedure, Moody helped break a national record for participating in the largest group of people to skydive together while wearing wingsuits, those getups that turn people into flying squirrels.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

How can a phone survive a 16,000-feet skydive but not a short tumble to the floor?

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

“I don’t know what it means, but it’s gotta be better than that fake skydive earlier.”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera