wingsuit
/ (ˈwɪŋˌsuːt) /
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noun
a type of skydiving suit with fabric under the arms and between the legs enabling the wearer to reduce his or her rate of fall
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How to use wingsuit in a sentence
Wingsuit pilot Joby Ogwyn has climbed — and flown off — the highest peaks on the planet.
And for wingsuit divers, the only way flight can be “real” is if one can land without a parachute.
One of those iconic divers was Clen Sohn from Lansing, Michigan, who was one of the first wingsuit users all the way back in 1935.