RAPPEL (rappelled, rappelling)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: rappelled    , rappelling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rappel mean? 

• RAPPEL (noun)
  The noun RAPPEL has 1 sense:

1. (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body

  Familiarity information: RAPPEL used as a noun is very rare.

• RAPPEL (verb)
  The verb RAPPEL has 1 sense:

1. descend by means of a rappel

  Familiarity information: RAPPEL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPPEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

abseil; rappel

Hypernyms ("rappel" is a kind of...):

descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)

Domain category:

mountain climbing; mountaineering (the activity of climbing a mountain)

• RAPPEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rappel    ... he / she / it rappels   
Past simple: rappelled   
Past participle: rappelled   
-ing form: rappelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Descend by means of a rappel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

abseil; rappel; rope down

Context example:

You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing

Hypernyms (to "rappel" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

"Rappel" entails doing...:

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s