paragliding

American  

[par-uh-glahy-ding] / ˈpær əˌglaɪ dɪŋ /

noun

1. a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.

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paragliding British  

/ ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.

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Other Word Forms

• paraglider noun

Example Sentences

Family and friends had flown out, and in the lead up to the wedding activities like paragliding and boat days had been booked, so the costs had really added up.

From BBC

Felix Baumgartner, who once broke the world record for the highest skydive by jumping from the edge of space, has died in a motorised paragliding accident in Italy.

From BBC

Jonny was paragliding in northern Spain when he ran into trouble, falling to the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains.

From BBC

"I thought I had just slept funny on a sun lounger, I was hoping to go paragliding but because of my backache I couldn't go," he says.

From BBC

The Oceanwide Plaza project, located across Figueroa street from Crypto.com Arena, has become a site for graffiti tagging and even paragliding in recent weeks and posed a headache for city officials and authorities alike.

From Los Angeles Times