BASE jumping

noun

ˈbās- 

: the activity or sport of parachuting from a high structure (such as a building, tower, or bridge) or cliff

BASE jumper noun

Examples of BASE jumping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lewis was the owner of BASE Jump Moab, a BASE jumping company in Utah, and Moab Swingers, a rope swing in Utah. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 June 2026

Established in late 2020 as the nation’s newest national park, New River Gorge is renowned for whitewater sports, hiking and mountain biking, and Bridge Day BASE jumping from the humongous New River Gorge Bridge. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026

At the time of Potter’s death, BASE jumping and wingsuiting were banned by the National Park Service due to the associated risks. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

building, antenna, span, earth

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for BASE jumping

• antidumping
• bumping
• clumping
• dumping
• humping
• lumping
• pumping
• slumping
• stumping
• thumping