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rappeling

rappeling is the present participle and gerund of rappel.

rappeling is the alternative spelling of rappelling.

Meaning of rappel

Verb

rappel (third-person singular simple present rappels, present participle rappelling or rappeling, simple past and past participle rappelled or rappeled)

  1. To abseil.
  2. (obsolete) To call back a hawk.

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Meaning of rappelling

Noun

rappelling (uncountable)

  1. A method used to descend heights with a rope.
    Synonyms:
    abseiling

Questions about rappeling

What is rappeling the present participle and gerund of?
Rappeling is the present participle and gerund of rappel.

Words near rappeling in the dictionary

  1. rappees
  2. rappel
  3. rappeled
  4. rappeler
  5. rappelers
  6. rappeling
  7. rappelled
  8. rappeller
  9. rappellers
  10. rappelling
  11. rappels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rappeling (page history and authors); rappel (page history and authors); rappelling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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