rip
IPA: rˈɪp
noun
- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A type of strong, rough tide or current.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
- (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- (UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- (computing, slang) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- (slang) A fart.
- (demoscene, slang) Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
- (music, informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
- (Canada, slang) A joyride.
- A wicker basket for fish.
- (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag.
- (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
- (Scotland) A handful of unthreshed grain.
- Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.
- (molecular biology) Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated.
- A male given name from Dutch
- Ellipsis of ripsaw (“saw for cutting wood along its grain”).. [(woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.]
- (US, law enforcement) Initialism of reduction in pay.
verb
- (transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
- (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
- (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively.
- (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
- (transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- (slang, narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- (slang) To fart audibly.
- (transitive, sometimes US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
- (transitive, slang, chiefly demoscene) To steal; to rip off.
- To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
- (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
- (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well.
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Examples of "rip" in Sentences
- When was it ripped and by who
- His coat was ripped by accident.
- The angry citizens ripped the tents.
- Who ripped the documents on my desk
- The man ripped the paper into pieces.
- The mad man ripped papers in the office.
- He may rip self and tear off the organ in repulsion.
- The zombies entered the building and ripped the blanket.
- The idea is to have the teeth rip or tear the material apart.
- Lacerate that hot surfer rips, tears, carves and, of course, lacerates.
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