rip
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
business
carpentry
computing
construction
crafts
demoscene
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
surfing
woodworking
Etymology: From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).
See also West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen, also Old English rīpan, rīepan (“to plunder”), West Frisian rippe (“to rip, tear”), German raufen (“to rip”); also Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’, possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”). More at reave, rob.
Inflected forms:
form: rips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ripping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ripped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ripped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
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.
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.
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.
gloss: To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
gloss: To remove violently or wrongly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
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.
gloss: To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
gloss: To move quickly and destructively.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.
“Wall,” said the landlord, fetching a long breath, “that’s a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and then. ..."
On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.
gloss: To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
pos: verb
gloss: To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
gloss: To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: He spent the day ripping shots at the bar and ripping blunts at home.
... 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.
"... ripping shots of Jack Daniel's and vomiting in the bathroom.”
gloss: To fart audibly.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
sometimes
transitive
gloss: To steal; to rip off.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: 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.
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.
[…]an old demo by some bods called "kellogs and donovan" which had ripped graphics from the game "Barbarian"[…]
gloss: To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
pos: verb
gloss: To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy […] is neither wise nor comely.
gloss: To surf extremely well.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
gloss: To be very good; rock
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
Synonyms: tear
Related words: ripper
Derived words: camrip
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
unrip
uprip
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: arrancar
lang: Spanish
word: desgajar
lang: Spanish
word: arranchar
lang: Spanish
word: talar
lang: Spanish
word: escarzar
lang: Spanish
word: ripear