Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of glider resembling a large kite: A lightweight, non-motorized aircraft consisting of a rigid frame over which fabric is stretched, from which the pilot is suspended in a harness for controlled descent or flight.
   • A person who pilots a hang glider: A rider or pilot who operates and flies a hang glider.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Aircraft):
  • He launched his hang glider from the cliff and soared over the valley.
  • The hang glider caught a thermal and rose higher into the sky.
• Noun (Person):
  • The experienced hang glider navigated the coastal winds with skill.
  • As a hang glider, she has flown in many international competitions.

Advanced Usage

• "to go hang gliding": to participate in the sport of flying a hang glider.
  • They traveled to the mountains to go hang gliding for the weekend.

Variants and Related Words

• Hang-glide (verb): To fly using a hang glider.
  • It was his dream to hang-glide over the ocean.
• Hang gliding (noun): The sport or activity of flying a hang glider.
  • Hang gliding requires training and favorable weather conditions.

Synonyms

• Glider (for the aircraft sense): A light aircraft designed to fly without an engine.
• Pilot or Aviator (for the person sense): A person who operates an aircraft.

Related Phrases

• Tandem hang glider: A hang glider designed to carry two people, a pilot and a passenger.
  • For her first flight, she rode in a tandem hang glider with an instructor.

Noun

1. a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height
2. a rider of a hang glider