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rap down

rap down verb: to rappel down a mountain.

Verb

rap down (third-person singular simple present raps down, present participle rapping down, simple past and past participle rapped down)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To rappel down a mountain.
    • We built an interim anchor and Mike rapped down to Jeff.2016, American Alpine Club, Accidents: In North American Climbing 2016
    Synonyms:
    ab off

Synonyms of rap down

Forms of rap down

third-person singular presentraps down
present participlerapping down
past participlerapped down
pastrapped down

Origin of rap down

From rappel + down.

Questions about rap down

What does rap down mean?
Rap down means to rappel down a mountain.
What part of speech is rap down?
Rap down is a verb.
What is the past tense of rap down?
The past tense of rap down is rapped down.

Words near rap down in the dictionary

  1. rap back
  2. rap backs
  3. rap battle
  4. rap battles
  5. rap battling
  6. rap down
  7. rap group
  8. rap groups
  9. rap jumping
  10. rap metal
  11. rap music

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