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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] N → bungee m, banyi m; (from bridge) → puenting m, puentismo m to go bungee jumping → hacer bungee or banyi; (from bridge) → hacer puenting or puentismo How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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