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bungee jumping

bungee jumping is the present participle and gerund of bungee jump.

Meaning of bungee jump

Verb

bungee jump (third-person singular simple present bungee jumps, present participle bungee jumping, simple past and past participle bungee jumped)

  1. (intransitive) To participate in bungee jumping.

See all 2 meanings of bungee jump

Noun

bungee jumping (uncountable)

  1. The activity of jumping from a great height with an elasticated cord attached to the ankles.

Forms of bungee jumping

alternative New Zealandbungy jumping

Words formed from bungee jumping

Questions about bungee jumping

What does bungee jumping mean?
Bungee jumping means the activity of jumping from a great height with an elasticated cord attached to the ankles.
What is bungee jumping the present participle and gerund of?
Bungee jumping is the present participle and gerund of bungee jump.
What part of speech is bungee jumping?
Bungee jumping is a noun.

Words near bungee jumping in the dictionary

  1. bungee cords
  2. bungee jump
  3. bungee jumped
  4. bungee jumper
  5. bungee jumpers
  6. bungee jumping
  7. bungee jumps
  8. bungee line
  9. bungee lines
  10. bungee rope
  11. bungee ropes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bungee jumping (page history and authors); bungee jump (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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