hang glider

1. 1.

   a rider of a hang glider

   Broaderrider
2. 2.

   a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height

   Broaderglider

Questions about hang glider

What does hang glider mean?

hang glider means "a rider of a hang glider". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is hang glider a common word?

hang glider is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.