skydiving (redirected from skydived)

sky·dive  (skdv)

intr.v. sky·dived, sky·div·ing, sky·dives

To jump and fall freely from an airplane, performing various maneuvers before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.

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skydiver n.

skydiving n.

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skydiving [ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɪŋ]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Extreme Sports) the sport of parachute jumping, in which participants perform manoeuvres before opening the parachute and attempt to land accurately

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skydiving - performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute parachuting, jump - descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

Translations

skydiving [ˈskaɪdaɪvɪŋ] N → caída f libre, paracaidismo m acrobático

skydiving [ˈskaɪdaɪvɪŋ] n → parachutisme m
to go skydiving → faire du parachutisme
sky-high sky high [ˌskaɪˈhaɪ]

adv
to go sky high [prices, blood pressure] → monter en flèche
to blow sth sky high [+ building, bridge, car] → réduire qch en miettes

adj [prices, interest rates] → qui atteint des sommets
His confidence is sky-high → Sa confiance est au plus haut.