paragliding

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US /ˈper.əˌɡlaɪ.dɪŋ/ 
UK /ˈpær.əˌɡlaɪ.dɪŋ/ 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

paragliding

paragliding /ˈpærəˌɡlaɪdɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
  a 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

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paragliding

para·glid·ingf30 [paragliding] [ˈpærəɡlaɪdɪŋ] [ˈpærəɡlaɪdɪŋ]noun

uncountable

a sport in which you wear a special structure like a parachute, jump from a plane or a high place and are carried along by the wind before coming down to earth

• to go paragliding

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paragliding

paragliding /ˈpær.əˌglaɪ.dɪŋ/ US /ˈper-/
noun [U]
the sport of jumping out of an aircraft with a special parachute that allows you to travel a long horizontal distance before you land