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bungee jumping

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bungee jumping
n.
The sport of jumping usually head-first from a great height while attached to a secured bungee cord.

bungee jumper n.

bungee jumping, bungy jumping [ˈbʌndʒɪ]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Extreme Sports) a sport in which a participant jumps from a high bridge, building, etc., secured only by a rubber cord attached to the ankles
[from bungie, slang for India rubber, of unknown origin]
Translations
bungee jumping [ˈbʌndʒiːˈdʒʌmpɪŋ] Nbungee m, banyi m; (from bridge) → puenting m, puentismo m
to go bungee jumpinghacer bungee or banyi; (from bridge) → hacer puenting or puentismo

bungee jumping قفز بالحبال bungee jumping elastikspring Bungeejumping μπάντζι τζάμπινγκ banyi benjihyppääminen saut à l’élastique bungee skakanje salto con l’elastico バンジージャンプ 번지 점프 bungeejumping strikkhopping skoki na bangi bungee jumping прыжок с помощью эластичного троса bungyjumping การกระโดดจากสะพานหรือหน้าผาสูง bungee jumping môn nhảy bungee 蹦极跳


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It can be used to study pendulum forces, roller coaster physics and dynamics with cart and track experiments or even measure acceleration fore e and altitude in outdoor sports such as skateboarding, hiking, skiing or bungee jumping.
``We want to try to get them to vote no because they should put policy before politics, but the climate is such up here that they think voting no is like bungee jumping and someone will cut their cord.
There's more going on in New Zealand than jet boating and bungee jumping.
 
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