rip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭp
ipa: /ɹɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: rips
form: ripping
form: ripped
form: ripped
Etymology: From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną (compare West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijaną (compare Old English rīpan, rīepan (“to plunder”), West Frisian rippe (“to rip, tear”), German raufen (“to rip”)), causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub- (compare Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’, possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”)), variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”). More at reave, rob.
Senses: examples: text: to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
text: For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: On the other hand, HMS Colossus takes multiple hits from several battleships at once, having drifted closer to the German fleet than the rest of her squadron. She explodes as multiple magazine detonations rip the ship apart, and is lost with all hands.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 21:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
glosses: To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
examples: text: A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
text: Mary is sister to the marginalized women who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations. It does her no honor to rip her out of her conflictual, dangerous historical circumstances and transmute her into an icon of a peaceful, middle-class life robed in royal blue.
ref: 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21:
glosses: To remove violently or wrongly.
examples: text: He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
ref: 1726, George Granville, Cleora:
glosses: To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
examples: text: “Wall,” said the landlord, fetching a long breath, “that’s a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and then. ..."
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:
text: On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.
ref: 2007, Roger Baker, Emotional Processing, page 136:
glosses: To move quickly and destructively.
topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
coordinate_terms: crosscut
glosses: To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
examples: text: He spent the day ripping shots at the bar and ripping blunts at home.
text: ... ripping shots of cheap liquor is the easiest way to reach intoxication. It is cheaper and less time-consuming than sharing a craft beer with a friend.
ref: 2019 July 15, Trevor Gundlach, Barstool Theology: Crafting the Good Life, Our Sunday Visitor, →ISBN:
text: "... ripping shots of Jack Daniel's and vomiting in the bathroom.”
ref: 2022 September 12, Brian W. Kelly, Wilkes-Barre: Return to Glory Iii: The City’s Return to Glory Begins with Dreams and Ideas, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.
glosses: To fart audibly.
glosses: To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
examples: text: opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of lamers ripping it.
ref: 2001, rex deathstar, “Opensource on demoscene”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: I don't really care if someone rips my 3d engine, rips effects code, or anything - simply because my 3d engine and effects will be far more advanced when someone manages to use my code.
ref: 2001, Maciej Mróz, “thoughts on code-sharing”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: […]an old demo by some bods called "kellogs and donovan" which had ripped graphics from the game "Barbarian"[…]
ref: 2002, Ray Norrish, “Barbarian demo circa 1988?”, in alt.emulators.amiga (Usenet):
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To steal; to rip off.
glosses: To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
examples: text: They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
text: For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy […] is neither wise nor comely.
ref: 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: To surf extremely well.
glosses: To be very good; rock
Synonyms: tear
Derived terms: let her rip
let one rip
let rip
rip along
rip-and-reader
rip-and-tear
rip a page out of someone's book
rip a page out of someone's playbook
rip apart
rip ass
rip down
rip into
rip it up
rip off
rip off the band-aid
rip on
rip one
rip out
rippable
ripper
ripping iron
rip someone a new asshole
rip someone a new one
rip someone's face off
rip someone's head off
rip the piss
rip to shreds
rip up
Related terms: ripper