parachute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.

   Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]

2. 2
   verb

   To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.

   Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

3. 3
   verb

   To introduce into a place using such a device.

   The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.

4. 4
   noun

   rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

5. 5
   verb

   jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

6. 6
   noun

   A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

7. 7
   noun

   A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.

8. 8
   noun

   Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.

Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).