BASE jump

BASE jump

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English BASE
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English BASE jump

    From BASE (“building, antenna-tower, span, earth”) + jump.

    Noun

    BASE jump (plural BASE jumps)

    1. A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation.

    Verb

    BASE jump (third-person singular simple present BASE jumps, present participle BASE jumping, simple past and past participle BASE jumped)

    1. (intransitive) To make such a jump.
      • 2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1]:
        Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps.

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