Usually means: Fast-flowing, turbulent sections of rivers.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word rapids:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. rapids: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rapids: Merriam-Webster
  3. rapids: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rapids: Vocabulary.com
  5. Rapid's, Rapids, rapids: Wordnik
  6. rapids: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. RAPIDS, rapids: Wiktionary
  8. rapids: Dictionary.com
  9. rapids: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. RAPIDS, Rapids, Rapids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. rapids: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. RAPIDS: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  13. rapids: FreeDictionary.org
  14. rapids: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. RAPIDS: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rapids: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Rapids: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. RAPIDS: NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See rapid as well.)

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noun:  (military, US) Acronym of Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System.

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