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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈhang ˌglider, n. [countable]
  1. a large, kite-like device, from which a person is suspended, that glides through the air.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hang′ glid′er, 
  1. Sport, Aeronauticsa kitelike glider consisting of a-shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hang-glider n
  1. an unpowered aircraft consisting of a large cloth wing stretched over a light framework from which the pilot hangs in a harness, using a horizontal bar to control the flight
ˈhang-gliding n
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