para·sail·ing

para·sail·ing
/ˈperəˌseılıŋ/ noun [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.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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