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parachute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpaɹəʃʉt/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpɛɹəʃut/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
• /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpæɹəʃut/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• (US) audio Mmmm

Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

Meanings

1. 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.
2. A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
3. Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
4. A small collar 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. 2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
   • Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […] 1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53:
   • A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung. 2022, Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, “Scrotum in Human Conscience”, in Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, editor, Normal and Abnormal Scrotum, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 22:
   • Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene. 2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75:
5. A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

Forms

Deriveds

golden parachute · parachute payment · parachute flare · peacock parachute spider · parachutable · chute · parachutelike · parachute pants · parachute roll · parachutism · bumbershoot · collared parachute · parachutist · drogue parachute · antiparachute · umbershoot · drag parachute · parachute candidate · parachuteless · paradun · parachute panties · parachutic · statichute · parachuting

Translations (108)

my လေထီး (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · io parafalo (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · he מַצְנֵחַ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · si පැරෂුටය (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · es paracaídas (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sh pȁdobrān (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · hi हवाई छतरी (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ms payung terjun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fi leikkivarjo (cloth used in physical education) · ast paracaíes (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · kk парашют (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · tl payong-payong (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · eu paraxut (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ar بَرَاشُوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sk padák (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ar مَهْبَطَة (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · tr paraşüt (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · mn шүхэр (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · haw haʻupoho (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · rsk падобран (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · tk paraşüt (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · is fallhlíf (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ca paracaigudes (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · acw بَرَشوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ug پاراشوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · br harz-lamm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · cmn 降落傘 /降落伞 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · yi פּאַראַשוט (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · tg парашют (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · eo paraŝuto (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ps پاراشوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · id parasut (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · mk падобран (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · km ឆ័ត្រយោង (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fa-ira چَتْرِ نِجات (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · hu ejtőernyő (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sl padalo (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · mi hekerangi (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · dz མཆོང་གདུགས (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ro parașută (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · uz parashut (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · uk парашу́т (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · af valskerm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · lo ຈ້ອງຊຸຊິບ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · be парашу́т (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ti ጋንጽላ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · nb fallskjerm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · de Schwungtuch (cloth used in physical education) · bg парашу́т (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · vi (cái) dù (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · km ឆត្រ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ia paracadita (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · nl parachute (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ko 파라슈트 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · th กระโดดร่ม (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ja パラシュート (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · lo ຈ້ອງໂດດ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ur پَیراشُوٹ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ja 落下傘 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ur چَھتْری (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · kea para-kéda (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · oc paracasudas (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · pa ਪੈਰਾਸ਼ੂਟ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · vi dù hàng không (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · kw lammlen (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · cy parasiwt (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sw parachuti (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fa-ira پاراشوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fr parachute (BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung) · ar مِظَلّة هُبُوط (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · hi छतरी (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · pl spadochron (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · tl parakayda (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · lt parašiutas (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · gl paracaídas (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · da faldskærm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ru парашю́т (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · et langevari (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sv fallskärm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fr parachute (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ur ہَوائی چَھتْری (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · hi पैराशूट (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ko 낙하산 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · th ร่มชูชีพ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · kmr pereşût (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · az paraşüt (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ko 락하산 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ckb پەڕاشوت (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · nrf parachute (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sh па̏добра̄н (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · fi laskuvarjo (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · sq parashutë (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · la umbrella descensoria (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · cs padák (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · pl chusta animacyjna (cloth used in physical education) · it paracadute (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ka პარაშუტი (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · pt paraquedas (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · khb ᦈᦸᧂᧉᦟᦳᧄ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · yue 降落傘 /降落伞 (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · lv izpletnis (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · el αλεξίπτωτο (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · bn প্যারাশুট (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · hy պարաշյուտ (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · nl valscherm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · de Fallschirm (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · eu jausgailu (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · ky парашют (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)

wikidata: Q482816

parachute en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpaɹəʃʉt/ (Scotland)
• /ˈpɛɹəʃut/ US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
• /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpæɹəʃut/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• (US) audio Mmmm

Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
   • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth. 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
2. (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
   • The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
3. (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
4. (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.

Forms

Relateds

skydiving (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · parapente (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · paratrooper (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · parasail (device designed to control the fall of an object or person) · patagium (web or fold of skin between the legs of gliding mammals)

Synonyms

bomb

Translations (15)

fi hypätä laskuvarjolla (to jump with a parachute) · ro sări cu parașută (to jump with a parachute) · ro se parașuta (to jump with a parachute) · mi hekerangi (to jump with a parachute) · th กระโดดร่ม (to jump with a parachute) · de mit dem Fallschirm abspringen (to jump with a parachute) · hu ejtőernyőzik (to jump with a parachute) · bg скоча с парашут (to jump with a parachute) · eo paraŝuti (to jump with a parachute) · ru пры́гать с парашю́том (to jump with a parachute) · it paracadutarsi (to jump with a parachute) · nrf parachuter (to jump with a parachute) · es lanzarse en paracaídas (to jump with a parachute) · sv hoppa fallskärm (to jump with a parachute) · bg скачам с парашут (to jump with a parachute)