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rip cord

rip cord is the alternative form of ripcord.

Meaning of ripcord

Noun

ripcord (plural ripcords)

  1. A cord to release a parachute from its sack.
    • pull the ripcord

Forms of rip cord

pluralrip cords

Questions about rip cord

What is rip cord the alternative form of?
Rip cord is the alternative form of ripcord.

Words near rip cord in the dictionary

  1. rip and dip
  2. rip apart
  3. rip ass
  4. rip box
  5. rip boxes
  6. rip cord
  7. rip cords
  8. rip current
  9. rip currents
  10. rip down
  11. rip entries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rip cord (page history and authors); ripcord (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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