paragliding Syllabification: (par·a·glid·ing)Pronunciation: /ˈparəˌglīdiNG/Translate paragliding | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of paragliding noun a sport in which a wide canopy resembling a parachute is attached to a person’s body by a harness in order to allow them to glide through the air after jumping from or being lifted to a height. Derivatives paraglidePronunciation: /-ˌglīd/ verb paragliderPronunciation: /-ˌglīdər/ noun paragliding in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of paragliding in the British & World English dictionary