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hang glider

/hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/US[heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɚ]

hang glider noun: an unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.

Noun

hang glider (plural hang gliders)

  1. An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.
  2. The rider of such a craft.

hang glider meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

hang glider in Tamil

தொங்குமிதவைக் கலன்

hang glider in Indonesian

aircraft
layang gantung, gantole

Forms of hang glider

pluralhang gliders
alternative formhang-glider

Origin of hang glider

Calque of German Hängegleiter, from hängen (“hang”) + gleiten (“glide”).

Words that rhyme with hang glider

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Questions about hang glider

What does hang glider mean?
Hang glider means an unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.
What is hang glider in Tamil?
Hang glider in Tamil is தொங்குமிதவைக் கலன். See Hang glider meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hang glider?
Hang glider is a noun.
How do you pronounce hang glider?
Hang glider is pronounced /hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of hang glider?
The plural of hang glider is hang gliders.

Words near hang glider in the dictionary

  1. hang fire
  2. hang fires
  3. hang five
  4. hang fives
  5. hang glide
  6. hang glider
  7. hang gliders
  8. hang gliding
  9. Hang Hau
  10. hang heavy
  11. hang in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hang glider (page history and authors); hang glider (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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