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parachuting

parachuting noun: the sport or activity of jumping with a parachute. Also the present participle and gerund of parachute.

Noun

parachuting (usually uncountable, plural parachutings)

  1. (usually) The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

Also used as

parachuting is also the present participle and gerund of parachute.

Forms of parachuting

pluralparachutings

Origin of parachuting

From parachute + -ing.

Questions about parachuting

What does parachuting mean?
Parachuting means the sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.
What part of speech is parachuting?
Parachuting is a noun.
What is the plural of parachuting?
The plural of parachuting is parachutings.

Words near parachuting in the dictionary

  1. parachutelike
  2. parachuter
  3. parachuters
  4. parachutes
  5. parachutic
  6. parachuting
  7. parachutings
  8. parachutism
  9. parachutist
  10. parachutists
  11. paracicatricial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parachuting (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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