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noun
a kitelike glider consisting of a V-shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
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Origin of hang glider First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby hang glider hanged, drawn, and quartered ,
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How to use hang glider in a sentence You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
It was getting to create jokes at the source, and to get to hang out with comedians.
I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
She was gonna be in New York and wanted to hang around for New Years and hopefully be able to stay long enough to meet our baby.
Occasionally Hitchcock would have ideas for films, or chunks of films, but no real story to hang them on.
It'll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn't seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.
Perhaps you will understand now that you ought to have asked my business ere you proposed to hang me off hand.
These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia.
The chair rests upon two long poles, which hang by straps upon the shoulders of four stout men.
He fed the monkeys with candy, and laughed to see them hang by their tails while they took it from his hand.
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British Dictionary definitions for hang glider
noun
an unpowered aircraft consisting of a large cloth wing stretched over a light framework from which the pilot hangs in a harness, using a horizontal bar to control the flight
Derived forms of hang-glider hang-gliding , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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