skydive

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So yes, a tandem skydive is still a skydive even though you use a drogue.

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An instance of skydiving.

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The clearest senses and uses of skydive gathered in one view.

noun

An instance of skydiving.

verb

(intransitive) To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for skydive.

noun

An instance of skydiving.

verb

(intransitive) To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.

Example sentences

So yes, a tandem skydive is still a skydive even though you use a drogue.

And even if the kid did not actually skydive, some how being closer to it means something.

Thousands of people skydive everyday, but when Felix Baumgartner jumped from higher and faster than anybody before it made the news.

As to a drogue making this no longer a skydive, drogues are used in tandem skydives and are most certainly perfectly acceptable.

Yes, it isn't, because it's not a skydive with a drogue, it's canopy flight.

I like to Skydive as well; that is an almost 2 hour drive each way through busy Toronto, Ontario.

Eustace, even though he used a drogue, has the record for highest skydive.

I used to skydive years ago, at a small grass field airport, jumping out of Cessna 182s and such.

When I used to skydive I would use techniques outlined in that book to prep myself.

Any experience you want to achieve (walk the Great Wall, skydive nude)?

What ship has gone to space and also let someone skydive?!

There is no fear involved (in non-extreme situations, not talking about learning to skydive here), there is simply switching from working from an abstract model (e.g.

Quote examples

If, however, I +1 a cool photo that Red Bull posted about Felix Baumgartner's skydive, for instance, and my friends start getting ads saying "magicalist +1-ed Red Bull!", then we're in false statement territory, since that is not at all what I meant.