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parasailing
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parasailing
(noun)
parasailing
/
ˈ
perəˌseɪlɪŋ/
noun
parasailing
/
ˈ
perəˌseɪlɪŋ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PARASAILING
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noncount
]
:
a sport or activity in which you are pulled behind a motorboat while wearing a parachute so that you sail through the air
They
went parasailing
while they were on vacation.
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