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rip
I. \ˈrip\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rippe, ripp, from Old Norse hrip; akin to Old High German href carrying basket, Latvian kribas, plural, wicker bottom of a sled, and perhaps to Latin curvus curved — more at crown
1. dialect : a wicker basket (as for fish)
2. dialect : a coop for fowl
II. verb
(ripped ; ripped ; ripping ; rips)
Etymology: probably from Flemish rippen to rip, strip off roughly; probably akin to Middle Dutch reppen, rippen to set in motion, pull, touch, Middle Low German reppen to touch, move, Old English hreppan, hrepian to touch — more at raffle
transitive verb
1.
a. : to cut or tear apart : split open : slash off
< machinery commenced ripping up the earth — G.S.Perry >
< something the dogface hopefully ripped open with anxious hands only to discover a can — J.P.O'Neill >
< its passage ripped away the crown of the arch, and immediately the whole bridge collapsed — O.S.Nock >
b. : to saw or split (wood) with the grain
c. dialect Britain : to remove and replace (tiles) on a roof
d. : to cut, break, ravel, take out, or undo (stitches) in sewing : separate (as a garment) into its parts
2.
a. : to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade
< ripped up his waistcoat to feel if he was not wounded — Daniel Defoe >
b. archaic : to tear open (an old sore or grievance)
3. archaic : to recall to notice or reopen (as a closed issue or an unpleasant business)
4. : to utter violently (as an oath) : burst out with : spit out
< ripped out vituperation, cursing, and blasphemy >
intransitive verb
1. : to pull or tear apart : rend
< the strain was too great; the sleeve ripped away from the coat >
2. : to move unchecked : proceed without restraint : rush headlong
< a smart convertible coupe came ripping up the short steep drive — Christopher Morley >
3. : to burst out with violent or profane utterance — usually used with out
< ripped out with an oath >
Synonyms: see tear
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- rip into
- rip up the back
III. noun
(-s)
1. : a rent made by ripping : a torn place : a gap left by a seam giving way : tear
2. : a cut of wood along the grain (as by a ripsaw)
3. dialect Britain : rush, speed
IV. \ˈrip\
Scotland
variant of reap II
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps from rip (III)
1. : a body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents : tide rip
2. : a current roughened by passing over an irregular bottom — used especially of tidal currents and sometimes of currents in rivers; compare undertow
VI. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of rep (II)
1. : a worn-out worthless horse
< left the spavin-legged old rip standing there — Bruce Siberts >
2. : a reckless or dissolute person : libertine, rake
< his elder brother was a bit of a rip — Ngaio Marsh >
VII. abbreviation
1. ripieno
2. ripped
VIII. transitive verb
1. : to hit sharply
< ripped a double to left field >
2. : to defeat decisively in a sporting event
< ripped the visiting team 12 to 1 >
3. : criticize : disparage
4. : to rip off : rob : steal |