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skydiving

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of skydive

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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3

noun

Meaning 3

performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jump, parachuting

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 高空跳傘 /高空跳伞 (gāokōng tiàosǎn) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跳傘 /跳伞 (tiàosǎn) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Finnish: laskuvarjohyppy — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • French: parachutisme — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • French: skydiving — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Georgian: სკაიდაივინგი (sḳaidaivingi) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Georgian: საპარაშუტო სპორტი (saṗarašuṭo sṗorṭi) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Georgian: პარაშუტით ხტომა (ṗarašuṭit xṭoma) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • German: Fallschirmspringen — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • German: Skydiving — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Hungarian: ejtőernyőzés (szabadeséssel) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Hungarian: zuhanóernyőzés — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Italian: paracadutismo — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Japanese: スカイダイビング (sukaidaibingu) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Korean: 스카이다이빙 (seukaidaibing) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Macedonian: ско́кање со па́добран (skókanje so pádobran) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Russian: прыжки́ с парашю́том (pryžkí s parašútom) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Russian: скайда́йвинг (skajdájving) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Russian: парашюти́зм (parašutízm) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Spanish: paracaidismo — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling
  • Tibetan: གདུགས་མཆོང་ལུས་རྩེད། (gdugs mchong lus rtsed) — jumping out of an aircraft and freefalling