Usually means: Cord for activating a parachute.
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  1. ripcord: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ripcord: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ripcord: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ripcord: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ripcord: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ripcord, ripcord: Wordnik
  7. ripcord: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ripcord: Wiktionary
  9. ripcord: Dictionary.com
  10. Ripcord (TV series), Ripcord (album), Ripcord (skydiving), Ripcord: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. ripcord: Rhymezone
  12. ripcord: FreeDictionary.org
  13. ripcord: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. ripcord: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ripcord: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ripcord: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ripcord: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A cord to release a parachute from its sack.

Similar:
rip cord, paracord, static line, riser, parachute, bungee cord, ridge rope, communication cord, catch-rope, ropeband, more...

Opposite:
fastener, latch, lock

Phrases:
Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, Ripcord Games, more...



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Similar:
rip cord, paracord, static line, riser, parachute, bungee cord, ridge rope, communication cord, catch-rope, ropeband, more...

Opposite:
fastener, latch, lock

Phrases:
Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, Ripcord Games, more...



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