Crossword clues for bungee
bungee
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bungee \Bun"gee\, n.
(Aeronautics) a spring or other elastic device, especially one attached to a control to facilitate its manipulation.
same as bungee cord.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1930, "elastic rope;" used in late 19c. British schoolboy slang for "rubber eraser;" probably from notions of bouncy and spongy; first record of bungee jumping is from 1979.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage. 2 An elastic cord tied to the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping. 3 (context lang=en slang) A rubber eraser.
WordNet
n. an elasticized rope [syn: bungee cord]
Wikipedia
Bungee may refer to:
- Bungee cord, also called shock cord, an engineered stretchable cord
- Bungee jumping, an adventure sport
- Bungee language or Bungi creole, and its related population, existing mainly along the north-south trade routes of Manitoba, Canada
- Bungee chair, a type of office or lounge chair made with bungee cords
Usage examples of "bungee".
Tally gulped, forcing herself to watch all the way down, until the guy was caught by his bungee jacket a few seconds before splatting.
The bungee jacket used the same lifters as the hoverstruts that held the spindly structures up.
I was trapped up on the roof, so I grabbed a bungee jacket and jumped off.
Like the buildings and bridges held up by hoverstruts, or jumping off a rooftop with a bungee jacket on, nothing was quite real there.
The bungee jacket would go back to the art school basement that night.
They do all the same stuff we do: bungee jump, fly, play with fireworks.
David tightened the straps of his bungee jacket and jumped onto his boards.
Tally began to anticipate the sickening jolt of her bungee jacket pulling her up.
Tally wondered again if bungee jackets could handle a fall from this distance.
When she reached it, she jumped into space, hoping her bungee jacket still had some charge.
A yellow-and-green bungee cord was wrapped tightly around his ankles, which explained the weird tingling he was starting to become aware of in his feet.
Nicky, eyes closed, limp as a bag of garbage, hands bound behind her back, bungee cord around her ankles, duct tape covering her mouth.
John Bell Williams, who has his own radio program in Birmingham, Alabama, wrote the lyrics to all the Bungee Condom spots used on my radio program and reprinted here.
And this patented inner tread means Bungee Condoms hug the surface to prevent dangerous slips and slides.
She could move her head and she saw that her wrists were secured with double-tied bungee cords.