Meanings
base jump1
present singular third person base jumps · participle present base jumping · participle past base jumped · past base jumped
- Alternative letter-case form of BASE jump
BASE jump2
present singular third person BASE jumps · participle present BASE jumping · participle past BASE jumped · past BASE jumped · alternative base jump
- 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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