paragliding

noun

1. a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.

verb (used without object), par·a·glid·ed, par·a·glid·ing.

1. to engage in paragliding.

noun

1. the sport of cross-country gliding using a specially designed parachute shaped like flexible wings.