parachutingn.

Brit.

/ˈparəˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌʃudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parachute v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < parachute v. + -ing suffix¹. In sense 2 after French parachutage (1951 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1954 at sense 2).

1. The action of dropping or descending by means of a parachute; this as a sport or pastime.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun]

parachuting1843

parachutism1889

brolly-hopping1934

parasailing1962

parajumping1977

paragliding1978

base jumping1981

parapente1987

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun]

parachuting1843

paragliding1978

parapente1987

1843 T. Farnham Travels 81 It [sc. the tent] was blown down with the first blast; and the poor fellows were obliged to..hold on strongly to prevent it and themselves from a flight less safe than parachuting.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 9/2 Thus Baldwin, having made a fortune by parachuting, was able to retire unscathed.

1938 Britannica Bk. of Year 79/1 Parachuting..seems to be considered as a kind of popular amusement for everybody in Russia and France if performed with stiff parachutes on ropes from special jumping towers.

1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 3/6 An instructor in high-altitude parachuting at Abingdon.

1999 S. Orbach Impossibility of Sex (2000) 165 Some activities pale after being repeated because they depend for their charge on pure risk (such as parachuting or bungee jumping).

2. figurative. The introduction by appointment or election of a person to a position within an organization without regard to the existing hierarchy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > appointment ignoring existing hierarchy

parachuting1954

1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties ii. iii. 357 The ‘parachuting’ [Fr. parachutage] of candidates,..when some deputies had never set foot in their constituency before being elected, was radically impossible in the arrondissement system.

1971 P. A. Allum Politics & Society Post-War Naples (1973) vi. 180 A controversial example of the ‘parachuting’ of a candidate into the constituency was the transfer and inclusion in the list in 1968 of the Parisian correspondent of L'Unità, Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi.

1999 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 25/3 Practices such as ‘parachuting’ (where Commissioners place their friends from outside in senior Commission posts) are highly de-motivating to permanent Commission staff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parachuting
释义	parachutingn. Brit. /ˈparəˌʃuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌʃudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parachute v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < parachute v. + -ing suffix¹. In sense 2 after French parachutage (1951 in this sense in the passage translated in quot. 1954 at sense 2). 1. The action of dropping or descending by means of a parachute; this as a sport or pastime. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] parachuting1843 parachutism1889 brolly-hopping1934 parasailing1962 parajumping1977 paragliding1978 base jumping1981 parapente1987 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun] parachuting1843 paragliding1978 parapente1987 1843 T. Farnham Travels 81 It [sc. the tent] was blown down with the first blast; and the poor fellows were obliged to..hold on strongly to prevent it and themselves from a flight less safe than parachuting. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 9/2 Thus Baldwin, having made a fortune by parachuting, was able to retire unscathed. 1938 Britannica Bk. of Year 79/1 Parachuting..seems to be considered as a kind of popular amusement for everybody in Russia and France if performed with stiff parachutes on ropes from special jumping towers. 1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 3/6 An instructor in high-altitude parachuting at Abingdon. 1999 S. Orbach Impossibility of Sex (2000) 165 Some activities pale after being repeated because they depend for their charge on pure risk (such as parachuting or bungee jumping). 2. figurative. The introduction by appointment or election of a person to a position within an organization without regard to the existing hierarchy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > appointment ignoring existing hierarchy parachuting1954 1954 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties ii. iii. 357 The ‘parachuting’ [Fr. parachutage] of candidates,..when some deputies had never set foot in their constituency before being elected, was radically impossible in the arrondissement system. 1971 P. A. Allum Politics & Society Post-War Naples (1973) vi. 180 A controversial example of the ‘parachuting’ of a candidate into the constituency was the transfer and inclusion in the list in 1968 of the Parisian correspondent of L'Unità, Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi. 1999 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 25/3 Practices such as ‘parachuting’ (where Commissioners place their friends from outside in senior Commission posts) are highly de-motivating to permanent Commission staff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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