parachute roll

noun

A rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.

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Meanings

nounparachute roll (plural parachute rolls)

plural parachute rolls

  1. A rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.

    The practice of this became an everyday ritual where, instead of press-ups for punishment if you goofed off, the offending student had to execute twenty parachute rolls.

    2014, Phil Tomkins, Once A Soldier, page 19
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