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1. rappel

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Usually means: Descending using rope and harness.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word rappel:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. rappel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rappel: Merriam-Webster
  3. rappel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rappel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rappel: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rappel: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rappel, rappel: Wordnik
  8. rappel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rappel: Wiktionary
  10. rappel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rappel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rappel: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rappel, rappel: Dictionary.com
  14. rappel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Rappel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rappel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rappel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rappel: Rhymezone
  19. Rappel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rappel: FreeDictionary.org
  21. rappel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. rappel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. rappel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)

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

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Hiking Terms (No longer online)
  2. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.
▸ verb:  To abseil.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To call back a hawk.
▸ noun:  (military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

Similar:
absail, descender, descension, downhaul, drop, drop-off, dropoff, parabrake, degression, downfalling, more...

Types:
single rope, double rope, abseil, descender, ascender, belay device, locking carabiner, locking biner, more...

Phrases:
to rappel, rappel down, more...

Adjectives:
foot, short, first, next, last, long, second, free, renvoyer, final, single
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Similar:
absail, descender, descension, downhaul, drop, drop-off, dropoff, parabrake, degression, downfalling, more...

Types:
single rope, double rope, abseil, descender, ascender, belay device, locking carabiner, locking biner, more...

Phrases:
to rappel, rappel down, more...

Adjectives:
foot, short, first, next, last, long, second, free, renvoyer, final, single



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