Meaning & use
base jumper
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Meaning
nouncountable
a person who jumps from a fixed object such as a building, bridge or cliff using a parachute
Grammar: Countable: one base jumper, two base jumpers.
Patterns
- a base jumper jumps from something
- an experienced base jumper
The base jumper stood on the edge of the bridge and checked her equipment one last time.
Base jumpers often jump from cliffs and tall buildings rather than from planes.
He became a base jumper after years of skydiving.
Word forms
| plural | base jumpers |
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Common combinations
- an experienced base jumper
- Only an experienced base jumper should try a jump like that.
- a base jumper jumps from
- A base jumper jumps from a fixed object, not from an aircraft.
- base jumping
- Base jumping is much more dangerous than skydiving.
Synonyms and how they differ
- skydiver
- A skydiver jumps from a plane and usually opens the parachute high up, while a base jumper jumps from a fixed object and opens it very low.
Word family
- base jumping noun
- the sport of jumping from fixed objects with a parachute
- base jump verb
- to jump from a fixed object with a parachute
Practice
Which sentence uses 'base jumper' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Base jumper' means someone who jumps from a fixed object like a building, so option B is correct. Option A describes a skydiver, who jumps from a plane. Option C is about swimming and option D confuses 'base' as a part of a machine.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “base jumper”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.