parachuting

Variant of parachute

parachute definition

para·chute (par′ə s̸ho̵̅o̅t′)

noun

  1. a cloth contrivance usually shaped like an umbrella when expanded, and used to retard the falling speed of a person or thing dropping from an airplane, etc.: it is generally carried folded in a pack, from which it is released by a rip cord or other device
  2. something shaped like or having the effect of a parachute
  3. Zool. patagium (sense )

Etymology: Fr: see para- (sense ) & chute

transitive verb, intransitive verb parachuted -·chut′ed, parachuting -·chut′·ing

to drop or descend by parachute

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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