hang glider

n.1. A device resembling a kite from which a harnessed rider hangs while gliding from a height.2. The rider of such a device.

hang′ glid`er

n. a kitelike glider consisting of a V-shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped. [1925–30]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hang glider - a rider of a hang glider rider - a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
	2.	hang glider - a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a heightglider, sailplane - aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

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hang glider

hang glider:

see gliderglider,
type of aircraft resembling an airplane but having at most a small auxiliary propulsion plant and usually no means of propulsion at all. The typical modern glider has very slender wings and a streamlined body.
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hang glider

[′haŋ ‚glīd·ər] (aerospace engineering) A flexible, deployable, steerable, kitelike glider from which a harnessed rider hangs during flight.

hang glider

A glider, including a powered glider with the engine not operating, capable of being launched and landed solely by the use of the pilot's legs. The term includes paragliders.

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noun a rider of a hang glider

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noun a glider resembling a large kite

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