parachuting

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noun

The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

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Meanings

nounparachuting (usually uncountable, plural parachutings)

plural parachutings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of parachute

Synonyms & antonyms

noundescent with a parachute

Similar
jump
Broader
descent
Also see
jump

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From parachute + -ing.

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Translations

Catalan paracaigudisme
  • paracaigudismesport
Chinese Mandarin 跳傘 /跳伞
  • 跳傘 /跳伞 (tiàosǎn)sport
Finnish laskuvarjohyppy
  • laskuvarjohyppysport
French parachutisme
  • parachutismesport
German Fallschirmspringen
  • Fallschirmspringensport
Hungarian ejtőernyőzés, ejtőernyős ugrás
  • ejtőernyőzéssport
  • ejtőernyős ugrássport
Icelandic fallhlífastökk
  • fallhlífastökksport
Italian paracadutismo
  • paracadutismosport
Japanese 落下傘降下
  • 落下傘降下 (rakkasan kōka)sport
Portuguese paraquedismo
  • paraquedismosport
Russian парашюти́зм, прыжки́ с парашю́том
  • парашюти́зм (parašutízm)sport
  • прыжки́ с парашю́том (pryžkí s parašútom)sport
Slovak parašutizmus
  • parašutizmussport
Spanish paracaidismo
  • paracaidismosport
Swedish fallskärmshoppning
  • fallskärmshoppningsport
Turkish paraşütle atlama
  • paraşütle atlamasport
Cite this entry
APA

parachuting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachuting

MLA

“parachuting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachuting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parachuting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachuting.

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