parachute
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parachute¹
- /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ UK
- /ˈpæɹəʃut/ US
- /ˈpɛɹəʃut/
- /ˈpaɹəʃʉt/ Scotland
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Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
noun parachutes
- A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
- A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
- Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
- A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung. Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a d
- A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
verb parachutes · parachuting · parachuted
- To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from
- To introduce into a place using such a device. The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
- To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
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To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
Similar: bomb
Parachute²
proper noun
- A town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, named after Parachute Creek; it was renamed Grand Valley in 1908, regaining its original name in the 1980s.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chute, sky dive, airdrop, airborne, paratrooper, umbrella, plane, jumper, drop, look, jumping, decelerator, drogue, drag chute, parafoil, canopy
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noun device designed to control the fall of an object or person
| Español | paracaídas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 낙하산 nakhasan, 파라슈트 parasyuteu |
| 日本語 | 落下傘 rakkasan, パラシュート parashūto |
| 中文 | 降落傘 /降落伞 jiàngluòsǎn |
| हिन्दी | छतरी chatrī, हवाई छतरी havāī chatrī, पैराशूट pairāśūṭ |
| Kiswahili | parachuti |
| Português | paraquedas |
| Français | parachute |
| Deutsch | Fallschirm |
| Italiano | paracadute |
| Ελληνικά | αλεξίπτωτο alexíptoto |
| Română | parașută |
| Русский | парашю́т parašút |
| Tiếng Việt | (cái) dù, dù hàng không |
| العربية | بَرَاشُوت barāšūt, مِظَلّة هُبُوط miẓallat hubūṭ, مَهْبَطَة mahbaṭa |
| עברית | מַצְנֵחַ matsnéakh |
noun BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung
| Français | parachute |
|---|
noun cloth used in physical education
| Deutsch | Schwungtuch |
|---|
verb to jump with a parachute
| Español | lanzarse en paracaídas |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | mit dem Fallschirm abspringen |
| Italiano | paracadutarsi |
| Română | se parașuta, sări cu parașută |
| Русский | пры́гать с парашю́том prýgatʹ s parašútom |
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title = {parachute},
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