Parachute
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters
Definition of Parachute
Noun
- 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.
- A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
- Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
- A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
- A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
Verb
- To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
- To introduce into a place using such a device.
"The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines."
- To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
- 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.
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