hang glider
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4.2
- noun
- /hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdər/
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- And it was in this way—as I felt the momentary chill of a hang glider's shadow above me—that I found I could fully claim this precinct as my own.
- fly a hang glider
And then I went to flying hang gliders with motors and now I fly gyrocopters, right.
- And then I went to flying hang gliders with motors and now I fly gyrocopters, right.
- And now when you're seeing dudes like with with hang gliders, you know, like this powered what they call ultralights, like, oh wow, they have an ultralight club now.
Examples
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There was a winding road that finally led to a parking lot, and as my husband pulled into a space, I realized those odd dots in the sky I’d seen over the horizon were in fact hang gliders.
Fiction book (2001) -
We watched the hang gliders take off for a time and then walked the trail along the ocean.
Fiction book (2001) -
And when I met the man who became my second husband and with whom I shall share the rest of our lives, I took him to see the hang gliders at Fort Funston.
Fiction book (2001) -
We saw BLM Chicago putting out the hang glider, the paraglider promo saying, yeah, this is it way to go.
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The overhang of rock provided shelter, and from this vantage point, the hang gliders zoomed literally only a few feet away.
Fiction book (2001) -
The experienced pilot soared gracefully through the sky in his hang glider, enjoying the breathtaking views below.
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As we hiked up the hill, we could see several hang gliders gliding effortlessly over the coastline.
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After a short briefing, the instructor helped us strap into the hang glider before our first flight.
Synonyms
37
4.6
A light plane with no engine that flies using rising air
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'hang' (to suspend) with 'glider' (an unpowered aircraft): it denotes a glider in which the pilot is suspended. This is a straightforward compositional compound following common English noun formation and similar logic appears cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hang glider The device is named from the clear picture of someone hanging under a large wing that glides without an engine, so hang and glider describe how the machine 'flies smoothly'.