base jump

noun

A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation.

Meanings

base jump1

nounbase jump (plural base jumps)

plural base jumps

  1. Alternative letter-case form of BASE jump
verbbase jump (third-person singular simple present base jumps, present participle base jumping, simple past and past participle base jumped)

present singular third person base jumps · participle present base jumping · participle past base jumped · past base jumped

  1. Alternative letter-case form of BASE jump

BASE jump2

nounBASE jump (plural BASE jumps)

plural BASE jumps · alternative base jump

  1. A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation.
verbBASE jump (third-person singular simple present BASE jumps, present participle BASE jumping, simple past and past participle BASE jumped)

present singular third person BASE jumps · participle present BASE jumping · participle past BASE jumped · past BASE jumped · alternative base jump

  1. intransitiveTo make such a jump.
    1 more example

    Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps. […] After Potter died, Strange wrote, “You were one of my favorite BASE jumpers and getting to fly Wingsuits with you off Via F the next year made me beyond proud to know I had gotten to BASE jump with someone who I regarded as a legend. Thanks for your Wingsuit advice, I'm sorry to hear you died flying. See you on the other side.”

    2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2016

Origin

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

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APA

base jump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20jump

MLA

“base jump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20jump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “base jump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/base%20jump.

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