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🪂 A gliding suit 🪂 To glide in air
to wingsuit

to wingsuit

7.5
To glide through the air while wearing a special suit with fabric between the arms and legs
  • verb
translation icon : volar con traje de alas
  • After numerous practice jumps, she was finally ready to wingsuit over the valley.

Examples

  • The experienced jumper decided to wingsuit off the mountain and enjoy the breathtaking view.

  • We're gonna have to wingsuit in.

    Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

  • To experience the thrill of gliding, he took a leap and wingsuited into the open sky.

Synonyms

to wing
vsto wingsuit
61 3.9

To move quickly through the air like a bird

does so by wearing a special jumpsuit with fabric between arms and legs

Antonyms

to land
∞ 1.0

To come down and rest on a surface

How Airborne

to float
645 1.0
to soar
97 1.8
to wingsuit
7.5
glide
12 3.4
to fall
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

wingsuit infinitive
wingsuited past
wingsuited past participle
wingsuiting present participle
wingsuits third person singular

Morphology

wingsuit = wingsuit (transparent) = wing + suit

The verb is a straightforward conversion from the noun 'wingsuit', which is itself a transparent compound of 'wing' and 'suit'.

Etymology

Wingsuit as a verb means to fly or glide while wearing a wingsuit, and the word is made from wing ('the part birds use to fly') and suit ('clothing'). So to wingsuit is to 'move through the air like a bird' by wearing special clothing that helps you glide.