riprap

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently a reduplication (with vowel dissimilation) of rap (blow, stroke).

Pronunciation

Noun

riprap (countable and uncountable, plural ripraps)

  1. An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 423:
      They hold on, spray flying, the ceaseless racket of water impacting on rock all but swallowing them, the river pitching dizzily, snags and riprap raking like claws at the bottom of the boat.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US) Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.

Verb

riprap (third-person singular simple present ripraps, present participle riprapping, simple past and past participle riprapped)

  1. To form a riprap in or upon.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English riprap.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: rip‧rap

Noun

riprap

  1. a riprap rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring

Verb

riprap

  1. to riprap