Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense rips, present participle ripping, past tense, past participle ripped
1. verb
When something rips or when you rip it, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife.
I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions. [VERB]
I tried not to rip the paper as I unwrapped it. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: be torn, tear, split, burst More Synonyms of rip
2. countable noun
A rip is a long cut or split in something made of cloth or paper.
Looking at the rip in her new dress, she flew into a rage. [+ in]
Synonyms: tear, cut, hole, split More Synonyms of rip
3. verb
If you rip something away, you remove it quickly and forcefully.
He ripped away a wire that led to the alarm button. [VERB noun with adverb]
He ripped the phone from her hand. [VERB noun preposition]
4. verb
If something rips into someone or something or rips through them, it enters that person or thing so quickly and forcefully that it often goes completely through them.
A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The fire ripped through the living room. [VERB preposition/adverb]
A violent streak of pain ripped through her whole body. [VERB preposition/adverb]
5.
See let rip
6.
See let something rip
Phrasal verbs:
See rip apart
See rip into
See rip off
See rip up
More Synonyms of rip
R.I.P.
(ɑːr aɪ piː)
convention
R.I.P. is written on gravestones and expresses the hope that the person buried there may rest in peace. R.I.P. is an abbreviation for the Latin expression 'requiescat in pace' or 'requiescant in pace'.
rip in British English1
(rɪp)
verbWord forms: rips, ripping or ripped
1.
to tear or be torn violently or roughly; split or be rent
2. (tr; foll by off or out)
to remove hastily, carelessly, or roughly
they ripped out all the old kitchen units
3. (intransitive) informal
to move violently or precipitously; rush headlong
4. (intransitive; foll byinto) informal
to pour violent abuse (on); make a verbal attack (on)
5. (transitive)
to saw or split (wood) in the direction of the grain
6. (transitive) informal computing
to copy (music or software) without permission or making any payment
7. let rip
noun
8.
the place where something is torn; a tear or split
9. short for ripsaw
Derived forms
rippable (ˈrippable)
adjective
Word origin
C15: perhaps from Flemish rippen; compare Middle Dutch rippen to pull
rip in British English2
(rɪp)
noun
short for riptide (sense 1)
Word origin
C18: perhaps from rip1
rip in British English3
(rɪp)
noun informal, archaic
1.
something or someone of little or no value
2.
an old worn-out horse
3.
a dissolute character; reprobate
Word origin
C18: perhaps altered from rep, shortened from reprobate
RIP in British English
abbreviation for
requiescat or requiescant in pace
Word origin
Latin: may he, she, or they rest in peace
rip in American English1
(rɪp)
verb transitiveWord forms: ripped or ˈripping
1.
a.
to cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously
b.
to remove by or as by so cutting or tearing
with off, out, away, etc.
c.
to make (a hole) in this way
d.
to slash with a sharp instrument
e.
to cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
2.
to saw (wood) along the grain
verb intransitive
3.
to become torn or split apart
4. Informal
to move with speed or violence
noun
5.
a torn place or burst seam; tear; split
6.
the act of ripping
SIMILAR WORDS: tear
Idioms:
let her rip
rip into
rip off
rip on
Word origin
LME rippen, prob. < or akin to Fl, to tear < IE *reub-: see rub
rip in American English2
(rɪp)
US
noun
an extent of rough, broken water caused as by the meeting of cross currents or tides or the interaction of currents and wind
Word origin
< ? rip1
rip in American English3
(rɪp)
noun Informal
1.
a dissolute, dissipated person
2.
an old, worthless horse
3.
a worthless thing
Word origin
var. of rep, prob. abbrev. of reprobate
R.I.P. in American English
or RIP
requiescat (in pace)
More idioms containing
rip
let rip
Examples of 'rip' in a sentence
rip
Regulators could rip the deal apart.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Sometimes they'll just plain rip us off.
The Sun (2017)
I like to leave them attached so that people can rip them apart to eat them.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
THIS weekend's football in Greece has been cancelled after a fire ripped through the home of a top referee.
The Sun (2016)
MOST world leaders gave their support to the new US leader yesterday but many politicians let rip.
The Sun (2017)
I keep my composure in public but once in my hotel room I can let rip.
The Sun (2016)
When the pain just rips right through me.
The Sun (2014)
They ripped through the floor after a radar equipment survey showed suspicious shadows.
The Sun (2010)
Trim bad rips or tears and treat with wound paint.
The Sun (2014)
Who are the people who have economic security ripped away from them?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Watch him cruise up to the leaders at the last before letting rip.
The Sun (2011)
She also wears ripped jeans and many bracelets.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It sent shrapnel tearing through their home that ripped holes in clothes hanging inside a wardrobe.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Their businesses are at risk of being ripped apart and swallowed piecemeal by more ambitious banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was flown home for treatment after molten shrapnel from a bomb ripped into his shoulder.
The Sun (2010)
We just rip through the business with efficiencies and hand them on to the clients.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There was no choice but to rip them away.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The spinner found himself at the centre of a storm when he let rip following his retirement.
The Sun (2013)
His jeans had been ripped from hip to ankle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It would be completely self-defeating to rip it up.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's a ripping yarn for all ages.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A microwave and chopping board were set alight before the fire quickly ripped through the kitchen.
The Sun (2006)
Loss of shape, ink stains and rips and tears were cited as the main reasons for replacing uniforms.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The President was unharmed, although the knife ripped his shirt.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He took his knife, ripped up the seams of the wallet, and began trying the skin to her neck.
George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie (1883)
Her dress is ripped on the floor, she brushes her teeth with whisky and goes up to the mirror and angrily writes'No sale!
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
rip
British English: rip /rɪp/ VERB
If you rip something, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife. If something rips, it is torn forcefully.
I tried not to rip the paper as I unwrapped the present.
American English: rip
Arabic: يـُمَزِّقُ
Brazilian Portuguese: rasgar
Chinese: 撕
Croatian: poderati
Czech: párat (se)
Danish: rive i stykker
Dutch: scheuren
European Spanish: rasgar
Finnish: repiä
French: déchirer
German: zerreißen
Greek: σκίζω
Italian: strappare
Japanese: 引き裂く
Korean: (물건을) 잡아 찢다
Norwegian: rive
Polish: rozrywać
European Portuguese: rasgar
Romanian: a rupe
Russian: рвать разделять на части резким движением
Latin American Spanish: rasgar
Swedish: riva
Thai: ฉีก
Turkish: yırtmak
Ukrainian: рвати(ся)
Vietnamese: xé toạc
British English: rip NOUN
A rip is a long cut or split in something made of cloth or paper.
Looking at the rip in her new dress, she flew into a rage.
American English: rip
Brazilian Portuguese: rasgão
Chinese: 裂口布或纸上的
European Spanish: desgarrón
French: déchirure
German: Riss
Italian: strappo
Japanese: 裂け目
Korean: 찢어진 부분
European Portuguese: rasgão
Latin American Spanish: desgarrón
Chinese translation of 'rip'
rip
(rɪp)
n(c)
裂口 (lièkǒu) (个(個), gè)
vt
撕裂 (sīliè)
vi
裂开(開) (lièkāi)
RIP
abbr
(= rest in peace) 愿(願)灵(靈)安眠 (yuàn líng ān mián)
1 (verb)
Definition
to remove hastily or roughly
I tried not to rip the paper.
Synonyms
tear
He'd torn his skin trying to do it barehanded.
cut
Thieves cut a hole in the fence.
Cut the branches back with a saw.
score
Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a sharp cook's knife.
split
The seat of his short grey trousers split.
burst
rend (literary)
pain that rends the heart
slash
He didn't make it into work today because someone slashed his tyres last night.
hack
He desperately hacked through the undergrowth.
Several trees were hacked down with machetes.
claw
The wolf clawed at the tree and howled the whole night.
slit
She slit open the envelope.
gash
He gashed his leg while felling trees.
lacerate
Its claws lacerated his thighs.
2 (verb)
Definition
to tear or be torn violently or roughly
I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.
Synonyms
be torn
tear
She very nearly tore my overcoat.
split
In a severe gale the ship split in two.
burst
The driver lost control when a tyre burst.
She burst the balloon with a pin.
be rent
(noun)
Definition
a tear or split
She looked at the rip in her new dress.
Synonyms
tear
I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.
cut
The operation involves making several cuts in the cornea.
hole
They got in through a hole in the wall.
kids with holes in the knees of their jeans
split
The seat had a few small splits around the corners.
rent
a small rent in the silk
slash
deep slashes in the meat
slit
Make a slit in the stem.
cleavage
gash
a long gash just above his right eye
laceration
He had lacerations on his back and thighs.
Phrasal verbs
See rip someone off
See rip something off
See rip something or someone apart
Additional synonyms
in the sense of burst
Definition
a sudden and violent occurrence or outbreak
The driver lost control when a tyre burst.She burst the balloon with a pin.
Synonyms
explode,
blow up,
break,
split,
crack,
shatter,
fragment,
shiver (archaic, literary),
disintegrate,
puncture,
rupture,
rend asunder,
tear apart,
fly open
in the sense of claw
Definition
to scrape, tear, or dig with claws or nails
The wolf clawed at the tree and howled the whole night.
Synonyms
scratch,
tear,
dig,
rip,
scrape,
graze,
maul,
scrabble,
mangle,
mangulate (Australian, slang),
lacerate
in the sense of cut
Definition
(of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or open up (a person or thing)
Thieves cut a hole in the fence.Cut the branches back with a saw.
Synonyms
slit,
saw,
score,
nick,
slice,
slash,
pierce,
hack,
penetrate,
notch
Synonyms of 'rip'
rip
Explore 'rip' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cut
Definition
a stroke or incision made by cutting
The operation involves making several cuts in the cornea.
Synonyms
incision,
nick,
rent,
stroke,
rip,
slash,
groove,
slit,
snip
in the sense of gash
Definition
to make a long deep cut in
He gashed his leg while felling trees.
Synonyms
cut,
tear,
split,
wound,
rend (literary),
slash,
slit,
gouge,
lacerate
in the sense of gash
Definition
a long deep cut
a long gash just above his right eye
Synonyms
cut,
tear,
split,
wound,
rent,
slash,
slit,
gouge,
incision,
laceration
in the sense of hack
Definition
to cut and clear (a way) through undergrowth
He desperately hacked through the undergrowth.Several trees were hacked down with machetes.
Synonyms
cut,
chop,
slash,
mutilate,
mangle,
mangulate (Australian, slang),
gash,
hew,
lacerate
in the sense of hole
Definition
an opening in or through something
They got in through a hole in the wall.kids with holes in the knees of their jeans
Synonyms
opening,
split,
crack,
break,
tear,
gap,
rent,
breach,
outlet,
vent,
puncture,
aperture,
fissure,
orifice,
perforation
in the sense of lacerate
Definition
to tear (the flesh) jaggedly
Its claws lacerated his thighs.
Synonyms
tear,
cut,
wound,
rend (literary),
rip,
slash,
claw,
maim,
mangle,
mangulate (Australian, slang),
gash,
jag
in the sense of laceration
He had lacerations on his back and thighs.
Synonyms
cut,
injury,
tear,
wound,
rent,
rip,
slash,
trauma,
gash,
mutilation
in the sense of rend
Definition
(of a sound) to break (the silence) with a shrill or piercing tone
pain that rends the heart
Synonyms
tear,
break,
split,
rip,
pull,
separate,
divide,
crack,
burst,
smash,
disturb,
shatter,
pierce,
fracture,
sever,
wrench,
splinter,
rupture,
cleave,
lacerate,
rive,
tear to pieces,
sunder (literary),
dissever
in the sense of rent
Definition
a slit made by tearing
a small rent in the silk
Synonyms
tear,
split,
rip,
slash,
slit,
gash,
perforation,
hole
in the sense of score
Definition
to make cuts or lines in or on
Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a sharp cook's knife.
Synonyms
cut,
scratch,
nick,
mark,
mar,
slash,
scrape,
notch,
graze,
gash,
gouge,
deface,
indent,
crosshatch,
make a groove in
Additional synonyms
in the sense of slash
Definition
to make large gashes in
He didn't make it into work today because someone slashed his tyres last night.
Synonyms
cut,
slit,
gash,
lacerate,
score,
rend (literary),
rip,
hack
in the sense of slash
Definition
a cut made by such a stroke
deep slashes in the meat
Synonyms
cut,
slit,
gash,
rent,
rip,
incision,
laceration
in the sense of slit
Definition
to make a straight long cut in (something)
She slit open the envelope.
Synonyms
cut (open),
rip,
slash,
knife,
pierce,
lance,
gash,
split open
in the sense of slit
Definition
a long narrow cut or opening
Make a slit in the stem.
Synonyms
cut,
gash,
incision,
tear,
rent,
fissure
in the sense of split
The seat of his short grey trousers split.
Synonyms
tear,
rend (literary),
rip,
slash,
slit
in the sense of split
Definition
to break or cause (something) to break into separate pieces
In a severe gale the ship split in two.
Synonyms
break,
crack,
burst,
snap,
break up,
open,
give way,
splinter,
gape,
come apart,
come undone
in the sense of split
Definition
a gap or rift caused by splitting
The seat had a few small splits around the corners.