From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishparaglidingpar‧a‧glid‧ing /ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] DSOa sport in which you jump off a hill or out of a plane and use a parachute to fly for long distances before floating back down to the ground
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paragliding• All the others had done some paragliding before - I was the only total beginner. 