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parachute roll

parachute roll noun: a rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.

Noun

parachute roll (plural parachute rolls)

  1. A rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.
    • The practice of this became an everyday ritual where, instead of press-ups for punishment if you goofed off, the offending student had to execute twenty parachute rolls.2014, Phil Tomkins, Once A Soldier, page 19

Forms of parachute roll

pluralparachute rolls

Questions about parachute roll

What does parachute roll mean?
Parachute roll means a rolling maneuver performed by a parachutist at the point of impact in order to distribute the physical shock and reduce the risk of injury.
What part of speech is parachute roll?
Parachute roll is a noun.
What is the plural of parachute roll?
The plural of parachute roll is parachute rolls.

Words near parachute roll in the dictionary

  1. parachute flares
  2. parachute panties
  3. parachute pants
  4. parachute payment
  5. parachute payments
  6. parachute roll
  7. parachute rolls
  8. parachuted
  9. parachuteless
  10. parachutelike
  11. parachuter

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