A parachute is a fabric device to slow descent through the air. Parachute or Parachutes may also refer to:

Geography

Parachute, Colorado The Town of Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2010 census. The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Etymolog ...

, United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games

* ''Parachute'' (video game), an Atari 2600 game released by Homevision

Music

Groups

Parachute (band) Parachute is an American pop rock band from Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Formed in 2006, they released their major-label debut album, '' Losing Sleep'', in 2009, followed by their second album, '' The Way It Was'', in 2011 and thei ...

, an American pop rock band *

Parachute Band Parachute Band was a Christian worship band from Auckland, New Zealand, formed out of the New Zealand-based organisation Parachute Music. The band made pop/rock music and spanned over two generations of musicians. 1995–2006 The first Parac ...

, a worship band, formed out of the New Zealand-based Christian organisation Parachute Music

Albums

* ''Parachute'' (Guster album), 1994 * ''Parachute'' (Pretty Things album), 1970 * ''Parachutes'' (Coldplay album), 2000 * ''Parachutes'' (Frank Iero and the Patience album), 2016

Songs

* "Parachute" (Cheryl song) * "Parachute" (Kaiser Chiefs song) * "Parachute" (Otto Knows song) * "Parachute" (Chris Stapleton song) * "Parachute" (Timomatic song) * "Parachute", by Something Happens from '' Stuck Together With God's Glue'' * "Parachute", by Sean Lennon from ''

Friendly Fire In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy/hostile targets. Examples include misidentifying the target as hostile, cross-fire while en ...

'' * "Parachute", by Train from ''

Save Me San Francisco ''Save Me, San Francisco'' is the fifth studio album by pop rock band Train (and the first of two albums recorded as a three-piece). It was released on October 26, 2009, through Columbia Records. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording ...

'' * "Parachute", by Laura Marano from '' Austin & Ally: Turn It Up'' * "Parachute", by Timothy B Schmit from '' Expando'' * "Parachutes" (song), by Charlie Simpson from ''Young Pilgrim'' * "Parachutes", by Pearl Jam from ''Pearl Jam'' * "Parachute", by Jolin Tsai from ''

Butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

'' * "Parachute", by Timothy B. Schmit from '' Expando''

Toys

* Parachute (BDSM), a sex toy *

Playground parachute A playground parachute is a round, multicolored, nylon sheet commonly 20 to 30 feet in diameter. It may or may not have handles on the periphery. It is used by arranging children on the outside, who then vigorously wave the parachute up and down. P ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Parachute'' (magazine), Canadian arts magazine * Parachute music festival, a contemporary Christian music festival in New Zealand

Other uses

* Parachute (balloon), a hot air balloon * Parachute (brand), a brand for a coconut-based hair product manufactured by Marico * Parachute (drugs), a method of ingesting psychoactive drugs *

Parachute candidate A parachute candidate, or carpetbagger in the United States, is a pejorative term for an election candidate who does not live in, and has little connection to, the area they are running to represent. The allegation is thus that the candidate is b ...

, an election candidate who does not live in, and has little connection to, the area they are running to represent *

Parachute flare A flare, also sometimes called a fusée, fusee, or bengala in some Latin-speaking countries, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, o ...

, a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion *

Parachute journalism Parachute journalism is the practice of placing journalists into an area to report on a story in which the reporter has little knowledge or experience. The lack of knowledge and tight time limit, deadlines often result in inaccurate or distorted ...

, the practice of thrusting journalists into an area to report on a story in which the reporter has little knowledge or experience *

Parachute pants Parachute pants, originally known as flight pants, are a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon. In the original tight-fitting style of the early 1980s, "parachute" referred to the pants' nylon material, si ...

, a style of trousers {{disambiguation