rappel
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
/ɹæˈpɛl/
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/ɹæˈpɛl/ · /ɹəˈpɛl/
Definition of rappel
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- Descent by means of a rope.
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noun
- Descent by means of a rope.
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A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
“[…] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […]”
verb
- To abseil.
- (obsolete)To call back a hawk.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).
Words you can make from rappel
53 playable · top: LAPPER (10 pts)
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