Tag: countryside

        You are probably asking yourself, “What in the heck is riprap?”  Maybe it’s some kind of make-believe word.  You might assume it’s the newest trend in hip-hop music or some sort of new criminal tactic employed by a wily group of New York gang members intent on wreaking havoc.  Riprap is a legitimate word and is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as “a loose assemblage of broken stones erected in water or on soft ground as a foundation.”  Remember this word the next time you overdose on R’s and P’s during your next game of Scrabble.