to rappel

Examples

• All

• The climbers will rappel down the steep cliff using their safety gear.

• We'll rappel from there.

  Daylight's End (2016)

• We're gonna rappel down that deep, dark hole?

  Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

• - But maybe I can rappel down.

  Trespass (1992)

• Do you know how to rappel?

  Hey Paisan! (2001)

• We're gonna have to rappel.

  Cerberus (2005)

• I'm going to go up on the bridge and rappel down.

  Sharknado (2013)

• We'll rappel down to 65 and use the top of that elevator as an exit.

  The Towering Inferno (1974)

• He saw a man drop out of the open door and watched him rappel down.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Agents drop or are driven back out. Skylight bursts open and agents rappel down.

  Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

D

to descend

vsto rappel

169 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

is specific to sliding down vertical surfaces using rope and control gear

A

to abseil

vsto rappel

• UK

1 8.5

To go down a steep cliff or wall using a rope

focuses on controlling speed with special equipment rather than anchor details

R

to rope down

vsto rappel

• Jargon

1 7.2

To go down a steep cliff using a rope

has identical meaning but is the single word technical form used often

Antonyms

A

to ascend

51 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

How Controlled

to rappel

• Specialized

11 8.9

lower

458 1.0

to descend

169 2.7

to climb down

48 1.4

slip

39 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology