skydive

American

[skahy-dahyv] / ˈskaɪˌdaɪv /

verb (used without object)

to engage in skydiving.

skydive British

/ ˈskaɪˌdaɪv /

verb

(intr) to take part in skydiving

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skydiver

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Etymology

Origin of skydive

First recorded in 1960–65; sky + dive

Example Sentences

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A 49-year-old man who died while taking part in a skydive was highly experienced and had completed 10,000 jumps, a skydive centre has said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Above her couch, she has hung her most prized family possessions: photos of her grandmother featured in the Evansville Press in Indiana in 1964 after she learned to skydive and joined a parachute club.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

The year after his procedure, Moody helped break a national record for participating in the largest group of people to skydive together while wearing wingsuits, those getups that turn people into flying squirrels.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2024

So, given the right set of circumstances, the possibility that a phone could survive a skydive is not so wild.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2024

“I don’t know what it means, but it’s gotta be better than that fake skydive earlier.”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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