Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To jump and fall freely from an airplane, performing various maneuvers before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.
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- noun An instance of
skydiving . - verb intransitive To be in
freefall afterjumping from anaircraft and landing safely by deploying aparachute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
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Examples
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A retired French army colonel is aiming to take a stratospheric leap into the record books by completing a 1000mph (1,600km/h) skydive from the edge of space in Canada next month.
Man Plans Record Skydive From Edge of Space | Impact Lab 2007
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The whole thing was over before you could say 'skydive' - and memories are pretty vague due to all the adrenalin etc - sensory overload apparently according to the girl who briefed us.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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The skydive, which is being sponsored by energy drink manufacturer
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Richard Gray 2012
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The skydive was a Christmas gift from Pharr's girlfriend, who he said is now having regrets about it.
CNN.com 2009
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It was a tandem skydive, meaning that I was jumping with a qualified diver strapped to my back.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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List items range from "skydive" to "build a house," and as promised, it's all about the pro-social content.
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"In order for people to sponsor you, you need to do something exciting or perhaps a little bit dangerous, a skydive was the perfect choice and people were willing to sponsor me for that.
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By yourself, which means hours and hours and hours of training and tests, or you can do a tandem skydive where you are attached to a professional skydiver who knows the ropes — you hope — especially the rope also known as The Ripcord.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Autumn had to prove she was of legal age to skydive.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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I have always wanted to skydive and I finally got to make it happen.
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