parachute
See also: parachuté
English
A man with a parachute
a parachute sense 4
Etymology
Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
parachute (plural parachutes)
- (aviation) 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.
- (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
- (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
- 1998, Guillaume Dustan, Brad Rumph, transl., In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53:
- 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 […]
- 2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75:
- Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene.
- 2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com, →ISBN:
- 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.
- 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:
- A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung.
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- A piece of cloth used in physical education often colorful and surrounded by handles.
Derived terms
- chute
- collared parachute (Marasmius rotula)
- drag parachute
- drogue parachute
- golden parachute
- parachutic
- parachuting
- parachutist
Translations
device designed to control the fall of an object or person
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zoology: a web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo
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BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung
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cloth used in physical education
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Verb
parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)
- (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- 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.
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- (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
- The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
- (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
Translations
to jump with a parachute
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See also
device designed to control the fall of an object or person
- parapente
- parasail
- paratrooper
- skydiving
web or fold of skin between the legs of gliding mammals
- patagium
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “parachute”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French parachute.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaː.raːˈʃyt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧chute
- Rhymes: -yt
Noun
parachute m (plural parachutes, diminutive parachuutje n)
- parachute
- Synonym: valscherm
Derived terms
- parachutespringen
- parachutesprong
- parachutist
- remparachute
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: parachüt
French
Etymology
From para- (“protection against”) + chute (“fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/
audio (file)
Noun
parachute m (plural parachutes)
- parachute (device designed to control the fall of an object)
- (BDSM) parachute (scrotum collar from which weights can be hung)
- 1996, Guillaume Dustan, Dans ma chambre [In My Room], Paris: POL, page 71; quoted in David Caron, My Father and I: The Marais and the Queerness of Community (in English), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2009, →ISBN, page 106:
- En dessous il y a les godes et les plugs, rangés par taille sur deux étagères: deux gros plugs, quatre petits, quatre godes doubles, huit godes simples. En dessous il y a le petit matériel, accroché à des clous: cinq paires de pinces à seins différentes, des pinces à linge, un parachute pour les couilles, tin collier de chien, deux cagoules, une en cuir, une en latex, six cockrings, en acier, en cuir, simples ou avec serre-couilles incorporé, deux étuis à bite […]
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Derived terms
- parachute doré
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: paraşüt
- → Albanian: parashutë
- → Dutch: parachute
- → Papiamentu: parachüt
- → English: parachute
- → Ottoman Turkish: پاراشوت (paraşüt)
- Turkish: paraşüt
- → Russian: парашю́т (parašút)
- → Armenian: պարաշյուտ (parašyut)
- → Kazakh: парашют (paraşüt)
Further reading
- “parachute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crapahute, crapahuté