Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To fly by means of a hang glider.
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- verb intransitive To
fly ahang glider .
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Examples
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Fewer temptations come our way for reasons similar to our not being asked along to climb a mountain or hang-glide or run a marathon or drive all night to be on the beach at dawn to catch the waves.
Random Thought Number Two on the Hoosier Hypocrite---Now With More Middle-aged Sex Appeal. 2010
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Fewer temptations come our way for reasons similar to our not being asked along to climb a mountain or hang-glide or run a marathon or drive all night to be on the beach at dawn to catch the waves.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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Dick and Tim are up on a skyscraper, preparing to hang-glide across the harbor.
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Dick and Tim are up on a skyscraper, preparing to hang-glide across the harbor.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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With our gear in the right kind of robot, you could go for a stroll on Mars or hang-glide on the ammonia clouds of Jupiter.
Who Do You Say I Am 2010
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There's always something: flying RC planes, camping, learning to hang-glide, bicycle touring, reading kids 'books you never got around to as a kid.
Your Kids Love It. You Love It. Perfect. By STEPHEN KREIDER YODER 2010
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I'm sure it's not stretching the ingenuity of breeders too far to envisage, within the decade, the emergence of some form of black-and-yellow-dyed miniature scottie-chihuahua cross that can be taught to hang-glide.
Snakes are evil, but save your venom for the self-appointed language police 2010
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It's easier to do anything - hang-glide, ice climb, have a child alone - if you've seen someone else do it first, and seen them thrive (or merely survive, when necessary).
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Friendship by the Book - Three Wishes: A true story of good friends... 2010
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Every spring, as they have for more than a decade, Gates spends a long weekend with Winblad at her beach cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where they ride dune buggies, hang-glide, and walk on the beach.
American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009
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And you'd better come up with a way of dealing with people who get your back up by saying that she's not very bright is she because at that stage (toddling) their friend's neighbour's baby was able to (talk, feed themselves, hang-glide, solve the Times crossword - pick one).
The Big Book of Parenthood: Your toddler at ten months ailbhe 2005
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