skydiving

or sky div·ing

[ skahy-dahy-ving ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the sport of jumping from an airplane at a moderate or high altitude and free-falling and using one's body to control direction or movements before opening one's parachute.

skydiving

/ ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɪŋ /

the sport of parachute jumping, in which participants perform manoeuvres before opening the parachute and attempt to land accurately

First recorded in 1955–60; sky + dive + -ing ¹

And every morning before work, all the boys—Patrick, Keanu, etc.—would go skydiving against the rules of the studio.

His off-track hobbies include moto-cross driving and skydiving.

Wolfe is in terrific shape and an admitted sports nut who loves skydiving, waterskiing, and racquetball.

Its stock has been tandem skydiving with Facebook since the IPO.

Harvey: Things like bungee-jumping or skydiving scare me, but not because of the height.

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