skydiving

noun

sky·div·ing | \ˈskī-ˌdī-viŋ

Definition of skydiving

: the sport of jumping from an airplane and typically executing a prolonged free fall before deploying a parachute

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Other Words from skydiving

skydive \ ˈskī-ˌdīv

\ intransitive verb

skydive \ ˈskī-ˌdīv

\ noun

skydiver noun

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The feat, while undeniably daring, in fact marked Williamson's second time skydiving — the Seattle man also also jumped from a plane on his 99th birthday, reports KIRO 7. — Janine Puhak, Fox News, "Seattle man celebrates 100th birthday with skydive: 'It's a real piece of cake'," 27 July 2018 The venue, planned to open at 17943 Interstate 45 in July, will offer indoor skydiving, ropes courses, climbing walls, warrior obstacle courses, warrior battle beams, tubes obstacle courses, dodgeball courts and a cafe. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park coming to The Woodlands," 14 Feb. 2018 The skydiving industry employs over 500 workers in the DeLand area. — Ellie Rushing, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Florida towns' claims to fame: We're No. 1," 3 July 2018 Fort Lauderdale has an indoor skydiving tunnel called iFly, a 14-foot in diameter wind tunnel powered by four electric motors. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun-Sentinel.com, "9 hot South Florida events in July," 25 June 2018 The Alaska Skydive Center is bringing you a bevy of different skydiving jumps to try: glacier jumps, helicopter jumps and a midnight solstice jump. — Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, "Celebrating summer solstice: Here are parties and events around Alaska," 21 June 2018 The Balloon Glow will be followed by a nighttime skydiving performance. 4-6 p.m. Friday, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Howell High School. — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, "Plan your weekend: Balloonfest in Howell, Mike Tyson at MGM Grand, Orchard Lake art fair," 20 June 2018 Emmett is a soccer player with a learning disability who, much to his surprise, was invited to go skydiving for the first time in his life. — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, "Sure, I’ll go jump out of a plane at 13,000 feet if it brings this many Special Olympics smiles," 3 June 2018 The research concluded that BASE jumping appeared to hold a five- to eight-fold increase risk of injury or death compared with skydiving. — Kelsey Grey, idahostatesman, "He's risked his life more than 4,600 times. He's not done risking it yet.," 30 May 2018

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