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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈglaɪdər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈglaɪdɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(glī′dər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
glid•er /ˈglaɪdɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Aeronauticsa heavier-than-air aircraft without a motor, launched by towing.
  2. a person or thing that glides.
  3. Furniturea porch swing made of an upholstered seat that hangs from a steel framework by links or springs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
glid•er  (glī′dər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Aeronauticsa motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
  2. a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended from a steel framework by links or springs.
  3. a person or thing that glides.
  4. a person who pilots a glider.
  • 1400–50; late Middle English; see glide, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
glider /ˈɡlaɪdə/ n
  1. an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine
    See also sailplane
  2. a person or thing that glides
  3. another name for flying phalanger
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