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noun
1.
a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
3.
Horology. a shockproofing device for the balance staff of a watch, consisting of a yielding, springlike support for the bearing at either end.
4.
Informal.
a.
the aggregate of benefits, as severance pay or vacation pay, given an employee who is dismissed from a company.
verb (used with object)
5.
to drop or land (troops, equipment, supplies, etc.) by parachute.
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Parachuting
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to descend by parachute.
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| parachuting | |
noun | |
| descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army" [syn: jump] |
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