How to pronounce riprap
American English pronunciation
RIP-rap
- IPA
- /ˈɹɪpˌɹæp/
- Syllables
- RIP · rap (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What riprap means
Loose rocks piled along a shore to keep it from washing away
In a sentence: Workers dumped riprap along the riverbank so floods would not wear it away.
Where it comes from: It apparently comes from doubling a word for a blow or a knock, with the vowel changed.
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