paraglider

[par-uh-glahy-der]

noun

1. Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.

2. a person who engages in paragliding.

Word History and Origins

Origin of paraglider¹

First recorded in 1940–45; para- ³ + glider

Example Sentences

There are different variations of paramotors, but generally, the most common type sees a pilot suspended from a motor-powered paraglider that they can steer.

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But the celebration soon turned into horror as a motorised paraglider - known locally as a paramotor - flew overhead and dropped bombs onto the crowd.

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At least 24 people were killed and 47 others wounded while protesting Myanmar's military government after a motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd, a spokesperson for the government-in-exile has told BBC Burmese.

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The Hamas operation began around 6:29 a.m. and involved a rocket and drone barrage, paraglider commandos and teams of fighters fanning out on pickups and motorcycles from Gaza across southern Israel.

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Fans have left their own tributes beneath one of the skydiver's final social media posts, a video of him working on the motor of his paraglider.

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