Thesaurus results for BIRDMAN

birdman

noun

ˈbərd-mən

as in pilot

one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows

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Recent Examples on the Web The airfoil — that web of fabric between the legs of a wing-suited birdman — sometimes provides lift but mostly delays the fall. —

James McCommons, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2015 Nearby is an ancient copper plate of a birdman displayed as an example of creativity. —

Peggy McGlone, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 take with a young Håkan Hagegård as birdman Papageno. —

Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 16 Sep. 2017 Wingsuit flying, which relies on the use of a specialized jumpsuit often referred to as a wingsuit, squirrel suit or birdman suit, is one of the most extreme forms of BASE jumping, an acronym for leaping from a building, antenna, span or Earth. —

CBS News, 26 May 2017

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