SAILPLANING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailplaning mean? 

• SAILPLANING (noun)
  The noun SAILPLANING has 1 sense:

1. the activity of flying a glider

  Familiarity information: SAILPLANING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILPLANING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of flying a glider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

glide; gliding; sailing; sailplaning; soaring

Hypernyms ("sailplaning" is a kind of...):

flight; flying (an instance of traveling by air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sailplaning"):

hang gliding (gliding in a hang glider)

paragliding; parasailing (gliding in a parasail)

Derivation:

sailplane (fly a plane without an engine)