Reverse Dictionary: PARACHUTE

NOUNS
► BLAST a parachute jump → 1988 Amer. Army sl.
► BROLLY a parachute → 1934 Brit. sl.
► CHUTE a parachute → 1920 sl.
► CIGARETTE ROLL a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open → 1962 US sl.
► JUMP-SACK a parachute → 1942 sl.
► LAUNDRY BAG a parachute → 1955 US military sl.
► LIFE INSURANCE, THE a parachute → 1944 Amer. services’ sl. (Bk.)
► MAE WEST a parachute malfunction in which a line becomes caught over the canopy, dividing it into two bulging halves → 1958 Amer. parachuting usage
► NYLON LETDOWN a descent by parachute → 1983 US sl.
► OVERCOAT a parachute → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► ROMAN CANDLE a parachute jump in which the parachute fails to open → 1943 sl.
► SILK a parachute → 1933 sl., chiefly US
► UMBRELLA a parachute → 1933 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ANCHOR a parachutist who hesitates before jumping → 1943 UK sl.
► BASE JUMPER a person who engages in base jumping, the act or sport of parachute jumping from a fixed point, typically a high building or promontory, rather than an aircraft → 1981
► CHUTIST a parachutist → World War II Amer. sl.
► JUMP-MASTER a man in charge of parachutists → 1942
► RAG STUFFER a parachute rigger → 1991 US sl.
► RIGGER a person who packs, repairs, and maintains parachutes → 1921 parachuting usage
► WHUFFO ► WUFFO in hang gliding and parachuting: anyone other than a fellow expert → 1978 US sl.

VERBS
► CRAB in parachuting: to direct the parachute across the wind direction → 1978 US sl.
► HIT THE SILK to bail out of a plane using a parachute → 1933 US sl. sl.
► STEP OUT to jump using a parachute → 1942 Royal Air Force sl.
► TAKE TO SILK ► TAKE TO THE SILK to open a parachute after jumping from a plane; to bale out by parachute → 1933 US sl.