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parachuting

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Noun

parachuting noun

  1. The sport of jumping with a parachute.

Verb

parachuting verb

  1. To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
  2. To introduce into a place using such a device.“The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.”
  3. To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.

Word map

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Synonyms

jumpbase jumpingdivingb.a.s.e. jumpingparkourjumpathonkite jumpingparachute rollpara-sportparasporttrampoliningskippingsportdivingparapowerliftingsynchronized divingblobbing

Rhymes

disputingrefutingcommutingconstitutingshootingcomputingflutingfruitingrootingsure as shooting

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