parachute
119
2.0
- noun
- /ˈpɛrəˌʃut/
:
paracaídas
- I'm standing there and all I can think is what if this parachute doesn't open?
- open the parachute
- deploy the parachute
- land by parachute
But eventually, eventually, the parachute has to open.
- But eventually, eventually, the parachute has to open.
- I'm standing there and all I can think is what if this parachute doesn't open?
- And you know, like Luke Atkins jumped from like the stratosphere without a parachute, landing in a net.
- Let's eject some hard drives from this balloon and bring them down on a glider or a parachute during the mission.
- So the rocket releases parachutes like really high up.
- Updraft snap against silk until the parachute is an orange husk on snow.
- He is wrapped in a rainbow colored parachute with green hair.
- And then the parachute part flies away.
- And so, but they say, OK, if you want to go parachute rigger, you will have to leave.
- Once they launch, they realize, fuck, that parachute didn't open.
Examples
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My second solo jump, my main parachute did not open.
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When you first jump, your parachute is not going to open right away.
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BASE jumping is the sport of using a parachute to jump from fixed objects.
Academic text (2006) -
So I came twirling towards the ground with an unstable parachute above my head.
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When the balloon finally bursts, the recovery parachute opens, and the near spacecraft begins its descent.
Academic text (2004) -
A man in a high-tech body harness and parachute lands in the wheat flat on his back.
Fiction book (1994) -
She packed her parachute carefully before her skydiving jump.
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As he fell from the plane, he pulled the cord to deploy his parachute.
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The soldier used a parachute to safely land behind enemy lines.
Synonyms
40
4.5
A strong cloth device that fills with air to slow the fall of a person or object
4
5.5
The cloth part of a parachute that opens and fills with air to slow descent
1
9.9
A small parachute that slows or stabilizes a fast vehicle like a plane
A small parachute that slows something moving fast or helps open the main parachute
Compounds
- Specialized
6
6.8
A large payment to a top manager when they leave after a takeover
- Specialized
A small parachute that slows something moving fast or helps open the main parachute
How Strong
119
2.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
11
7.4
7
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word parachute comes from French parts para- meaning 'to protect' or 'stop' and chute meaning 'fall'. You can see para- in parasol, which protects you from the sun, and that's why a parachute is something that 'stops' a fall and lets a person come down slowly.