BASE jump

English

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Etymology

    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], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 February 2016:
        Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps. […] After Potter died, Strange wrote, “You were one of my favorite BASE jumpers and getting to fly Wingsuits with you off Via F the next year made me beyond proud to know I had gotten to BASE jump with someone who I regarded as a legend. Thanks for your Wingsuit advice, I'm sorry to hear you died flying. See you on the other side.”

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