hang glider

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hang glider

1. A device resembling a kite from which a harnessed rider hangs while gliding from a height.

2. The rider of such a device.

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hang′ glid`er

a kitelike glider consisting of a V-shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped.

[1925–30]

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Noun	1.	hang glider - a rider of a hang glider rider - a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)
	2.	hang glider - a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height glider, sailplane - aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces

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