paragliding
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- noun
- /ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ/
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parapente
- We are going to be running off a mountain and paragliding all the way down.
- skiing and paragliding
Well, certainly more now than when I was a youngster and did skydiving and paragliding and you know, all these things, you become wiser.
- Well, certainly more now than when I was a youngster and did skydiving and paragliding and you know, all these things, you become wiser.
- So it's kind of like paragliding and skydiving mixed in with scuba diving and sailing or power speedboat or whatnot.
- I know, but you're replaying the same mistake you made with the with the paragliding guy.
Examples
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Bungy jumping, canyoning, paragliding, and rafting, just to name a few.
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So it got cancelled the day before we went paragliding because the winds were too strong.
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Last year, when Mark wanted to take Max paragliding, it was an absolute "no way in hell are you jumping off a cliff with my baby."
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Hiking, skiing, paragliding, rock climbing, mountainboarding, white water rafting.
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Skydiving, paragliding, and for the less extreme (that would be me), hot air ballooning, watch these wheelers go up, up, and away.
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Glenwood Springs was recently awarded "Most Fun Town" by USA Today and stays true to its reputation, offering rafting, paragliding, an amusement park atop a mountain, and the Hot Springs Pool.
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He enjoys paragliding over the scenic mountains every summer.
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After taking a lesson, she decided to try paragliding for the first time with an instructor.
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The festival featured paragliding demonstrations that amazed all the spectators.
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Morphology
paragliding = paraglide (semi-transparent) = para + glide + ing
The activity meaning is mostly built from 'glide' with a specialized 'para-' element, but the full sport sense is somewhat specialized.
Etymology
Paragliding joins para- (as in parachute) and gliding, so a helpful way to remember it is 'gliding with a parachute-like wing', which is exactly the sport of flying on a wide fabric wing from a hill or cliff.