Parachute

Quick meaning: Parachute is a noun meaning (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.

Meaning

(zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.

More Meanings

1. Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
2. (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
3. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
4. (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
5. (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
6. (aviation) 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.
7. (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.

Example Sentences

The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.

Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene.

A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung.

She came near and grabbed his balls tightly with her left hand, tugging them downward while applying a parachute harness with her right hand. […] His balls stretched downward under the delicious weight.

Word Forms

• parachutes
• parachuting
• parachuted

Synonyms for parachute

Depending on context, synonyms include bomb, chute.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chute, airdrop, airborne, paratrooper, umbrella, plane.

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