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base jump

Today it means: A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation. Full definition →

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From BASE (“building, antenna-tower, span, earth”) + jump.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.