SKYDIVE (skydove)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: skydove   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does skydive mean? 

• SKYDIVE (verb)
  The verb SKYDIVE has 1 sense:

1. jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute

  Familiarity information: SKYDIVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKYDIVE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sky dive; skydive

Hypernyms (to "skydive" is one way to...):

chute; jump; parachute (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

skydiver (a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord)

skydiving (performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute)