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parachuting

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of parachute

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

descent with a parachute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had done a lot of parachuting in the army

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jump

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: descent

Narrower terms: skydiving

History

Etymology

From parachute + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Carpathian Rusyn: парашуті́зм (parašutízm) — sport
  • Catalan: paracaigudisme — sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跳傘 /跳伞 (tiàosǎn) — sport
  • Finnish: laskuvarjohyppy — sport
  • French: parachutisme — sport
  • Galician: paracaidismo — sport
  • Georgian: პარაშუტით ხტომა (ṗarašuṭit xṭoma) — sport
  • Georgian: პარაშუტიზმი (ṗarašuṭizmi) — sport
  • Georgian: საპარაშუტო სპორტი (saṗarašuṭo sṗorṭi) — sport
  • German: Fallschirmspringen — sport
  • Hungarian: ejtőernyőzés — sport
  • Hungarian: ejtőernyős ugrás — sport
  • Icelandic: fallhlífastökk — sport
  • Italian: paracadutismo — sport
  • Japanese: 落下傘降下 (rakkasan kōka) — sport
  • Macedonian: падо́бранство (padóbranstvo) — sport
  • Portuguese: paraquedismo — sport
  • Russian: парашюти́зм (parašutízm) — sport
  • Russian: прыжки́ с парашю́том (pryžkí s parašútom) — sport
  • Slovak: parašutizmus — sport
  • Spanish: paracaidismo — sport
  • Swedish: fallskärmshoppning — sport
  • Turkish: paraşütle atlama — sport