parachute

UK/ˈpæɹəʃuːt//ˈpæɹəʃut/

parachute noun: 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.

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Noun

parachute (plural 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...1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53
- Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene.2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75
A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

Verb

parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)

(intransitive) 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...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
(transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
- The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
(transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
(slang) 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.

Synonyms:

bomb

Proper noun capitalized: Parachute

Parachute

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.

parachute meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

parachute in Hindi

device designed to control the fall of an object or person: छतरी chatrī, हवाई छतरी havāī chatrī, पैराशूट pairāśūṭ

parachute in Tamil

வான்குடை, வான்குடை மிதவை, குதிகுடை, விரிகுடை

parachute in Marathi

पॅराशूट, पॅराशूट करण्यासाठी

parachute in Urdu

device designed to control the fall of an object or person: پَیراشُوٹ pairāśūṭ, چَھتْری chatrī, ہَوائی چَھتْری havāī chatrī

More languagesFewer languages

parachute in Bengali: প্যারাশুট pêraśuṭ
parachute in Telugu: పారాచూట్, పారాచూట్ చేయడానికి
parachute in Malayalam: പാരച്ചൂട്ട്
parachute in Kannada: ಧುಮುಕು ಕೊಡೆ, ಇಳಿಕೊಡೆ, ಗಾಳಿಕೊಡೆ
parachute in Punjabi: ਪੈਰਾਸ਼ੂਟ pairāśūṭ
parachute in Gujarati: પેરાશૂટ, પેરાશુટ, પેરાસૂટ
parachute in Odia: ପାରାଚ୍ଯ଼ୁଟ୍, ପାରାଚୁଟ, ପାରାଚୁଟ୍
parachute in Sinhala: පැරෂුටය pæraṣuṭaya
parachute in Nepali: प्यारासुट, पाराशुट, प्याराशुट
parachute in Pashto: پاراشوت pārāšút
parachute in Tagalog: parakayda, payong-payong
parachute in Arabic: بَرَاشُوت barāšūt, مِظَلّة هُبُوط miẓallat hubūṭ, مَهْبَطَة mahbaṭa
parachute in Malay: payung terjun
parachute in Indonesian: parasut
parachute in Thai: ร่มชูชีพ rôm-chuu-chîip, กระโดดร่ม grà-dòot-rôm
parachute in Vietnamese: dù hàng không
parachute in Myanmar: လေထီး lehti:
Dzongkha: མཆོང་གདུགས mchong gdugs

Examples of parachute in a sentence

A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.
Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!
This design will reduce the chance of flutter in the parachute.

All 38 example sentences with parachute

Synonyms of parachute

bomb

Forms of parachute

Noun
plural	parachutes
Verb
third-person singular present	parachutes
present participle	parachuting
past participle	parachuted
past	parachuted

Plural of parachute: parachutes

Origin of parachute

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

Words formed from parachute

Phrases with parachute

Questions about parachute

What does parachute mean?: Parachute means 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.
What is parachute in Hindi?: Parachute in Hindi is छतरी (chatrī), हवाई छतरी (havāī chatrī), पैराशूट (pairāśūṭ). See Parachute meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is parachute?: Parachute can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce parachute?: Parachute is pronounced /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of parachute?: The plural of parachute is parachutes.

Words near parachute in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: parachute (page history and authors); Parachute (page history and authors); parachute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parachute (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parachute (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parachute (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parachute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); parachute (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parachute (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); parachute (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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