"hit the silk" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From when parachutes were still made of silk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the silk",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the silk",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the silk",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the silk",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the silk"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the silk (third-person singular simple present hits the silk, present participle hitting the silk, simple past and past participle hit the silk)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "en:Aviation",
          "parents": [
            "Aeronautics",
            "Transport",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To parachute (use a parachute)."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_the_silk-en-verb-px0exUE2",
      "links": [
        [
          "parachute",
          "parachute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To parachute (use a parachute)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-hit the silk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the silk"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From when parachutes were still made of silk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the silk",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the silk",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the silk",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the silk",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the silk"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the silk (third-person singular simple present hits the silk, present participle hitting the silk, simple past and past participle hit the silk)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Aviation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To parachute (use a parachute)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parachute",
          "parachute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To parachute (use a parachute)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-hit the silk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-hit_the_silk.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the silk"
}