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- noun Someone who
skydives as asport .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
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Examples
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He's not only happy sleeping alone, his whole body filling the bed like a "skydiver," but he's also grown up a bit since his fallout with Betty.
Televisionary 2010
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And here's a replay of The Box Story video "Above The Noise" featuring novelist and award-winning international skydiver, Dan Bodsky-Chenfeld:
Mike Ragogna: Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting with Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe Mike Ragogna 2011
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As it starts to come up with the dead skydiver, Devlin gets tangled in the parachute and it brings him straight up to the surface.
What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011
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A few days later, he calls Doris Jensen, the mother of the dead skydiver, to express his condolences and to posthumously thank her son for rescuing him, however inadvertently.
What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011
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Devlin was the natural father of her son, the skydiver.
What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011
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And here's a replay of The Box Story video "Above The Noise" featuring novelist and award-winning international skydiver, Dan Bodsky-Chenfeld:
Mike Ragogna: Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting with Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe Mike Ragogna 2011
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The buzz lasted for several hours, but eventually I floated back down to Earth like a skydiver with a parachute.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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The lifeguards drag Devlin, the chute and the dead skydiver to the shore.
What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011
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Convinced that the hijacker must have been an expert skydiver, undercover agents were dispatched over the border to Canada, snapping pictures at a skydiving contest.
The Curse of D.B. Cooper Geoffrey Gray 2011
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The jellyfish is a skydiver whose shoot didn't open.
What Could It Mean? Alex Austin 2011
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