parachuting (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *parachuting*:
NOUN	act	parachuting, jump	descent with a parachute

parachuting > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'rahshuw.tihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *parachuting*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	descent with a parachute.
Example	"he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
Synonym	jump
Narrower	skydiving	Performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute
Broader	descent	The act of changing your location in a downward direction
Spanish	paracaidismo, salto
Catalan	paracaigudisme
Verbs	parachute	jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

HyperDic: parachuting